Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking tourism Entry Numbers - United States
NEW YORK, Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today new record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States in July 2022, a 4% increase from the year before and 71,000 total visitors from the United States in August 2022, a 13% increase from 2019.
Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. "It is exciting to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is our number one destination for our inbound tourism to Israel. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw record-breaking number of tourists from Israel entering Israel each month. We are thrilled to see this positive change and anticipate it to continue for a long time."
In line with in the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourism numbers in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 , and 6,600 in August.
"It is so exciting to see how Canada's tourism to Israel is rebounding," said Gal Hana, Consul and Director for Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We're not too far away from our record 2019 numbers and we expect that this surge in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling across the world."
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from abroad in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 being from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all visitors, regardless whether they're vaccination-free. 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 organization responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourist traffic to boost the economy of Israel and diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. The North American IMOT offices are in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.
For more information about the upcoming events and attractions that are scheduled in Israel, please visit IMOT's website at israel.travel. נווה פריצקי Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay up-to-date with the latest information.