NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released new records for tourist arrivals to Israel from the United States in July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans in July 2022. It was a four percent increase over the year before seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022.
Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner of the United States. He stated, "It's so exciting to witness a further increase of tourism to Israel from the United States, and already exceeding or even surpassing the record-breaking numbers we saw in 2019". "The United States is our number one market for Israel's inbound tourism. נווה פריצקי Before the COVID-19 epidemic, we saw record-breaking numbers of Israeli tourists entering Israel every month. נווה פריצקי We are so happy to witness an improvement in the trend and expect it to continue for a long time."
Not far behind in the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourist arrivals in Israel by 7,200 tourists in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 in August.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was exciting to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel returning. "We are near our record-setting numbers in 2019. We expect that this growth will continue as Canadians travel more abroad.
נווה פריצקי Israel welcomed over 4.6 million tourists in 2019. 969,600 came from the United States. נווה פריצקי The country's officially reopening to travelers in May saw more than 600,000.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's tourism agency, is responsible for designing and conducting promotional and marketing programs to advertise Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s amazing range of historical, cultural, culinary, religious, and culinary attractions which are all a mix of both modernity and tradition. North America has IMOT offices which are located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.
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