Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking entry into tourism From the United States

NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for the number of tourists coming in Israel from the United States in July and august. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. "The United States has been the most important market for Israel's tourism inbound. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 we had record numbers of Israel's tourism entry every month.

Canada with 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6,000 in August, isn't far from the United States.

https://nevefrietzki.co.il/ Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We are still not away from our record-setting numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this surge in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling internationally."

Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million tourists from abroad in 2019, with 969.600 being from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all tourists, no matter if they are immunized. Israel has already hosted more than 600,000.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's main tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotion initiatives to position Israel as a popular destination for travel. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to Israel to help boost the economic growth and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's incredible range of historical, cultural, food and religious sites that are each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices in North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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