NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for the number of tourists coming to Israel from the United States in July and august. The country received 78,000 tourists from the United States in July 2022 that's a 4 percent increase from 2019 and 71,000 total visitors from the United States in August 2022 that's an increase of 13% from the year before.
https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to once again witness an increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States has been our most important source of tourism for Israel inbound. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were celebrating record number of Israeli tourism entries each month.
נווה פריצקי Just like the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing the number of tourists visiting Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August.
"It is so exciting to see how Canada's tourism to Israel is rebounding," said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are not far from our record 2019 and we expect that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more confident about traveling abroad."
Israel welcomed more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019 of which 969,600 came from the United States. Since May, when the country reopened to all travelers, regardless of their vaccination status over 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country's tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a preferred destination for travel. IMOT seeks to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help the economy of Israel, and also to improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s amazing range of historical, cultural and culinary, religious and culinary destinations which are all a mix of tradition & modernity. IMOT offices in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
For more information about forthcoming events, go to IMOT's website at israel.travel. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to receive the latest updates. נווה פריצקי