NEW YORK - Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. נווה פריצקי This represents an increase of 13% over 2019. Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. It is exciting to once again witness an growth in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure in 2019, he stated. נווה פריצקי The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. This is a positive trend that we're very happy about and anticipate an upward trajectory for months to be. Not far behind in the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel with 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August. Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it's thrilling to observe how Canada’s tourism is rebounding. We are not far from our record for 2019, and we anticipate that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more confident traveling abroad. In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening for all travelers regardless of the status of their vaccination in May of this year Israel has witnessed more than 600,400 US tourists. Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's national agency for tourism designing and executing marketing and promotional programs to advertise Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT aims at increasing tourism to Israel to help boost the economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT helps promote Israel's vast array of cultural, historical and culinary tourist attractions, each offering the perfect blend of tradition and modernity. IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto. For more information on forthcoming events and activities you can visit the IMOT website at israel.travel. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to receive the latest information.
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