NEW YORK - September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- New record breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists in July 2022. It was a four percent increase from 2019 seven thousand tourists from America were in Israel during August 2022.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was exciting to see the growth in Israeli tourism from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019 he stated. "The United States is our most important destination for our inbound tourism to Israel. Before the COVID-19 pandemic we had record-breaking numbers of Israeli tourists entering Israel each month. We are so happy to see such a positive shift and expect this trend to last throughout the months and years to come."
נווה פריצקי Canada is home to 7200 tourists visiting the country in July 2022 and 6,000 tourists in August, isn't far behind the United States.
Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that "it is so exciting to watch how Canada's tourist to Israel is rebounding." "We aren't far off our record in 2019 and we expect that the growth in travels to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more confident about traveling abroad."
נווה פריצקי In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening to any traveler regardless of vaccination status in May this year, the country has already witnessed more than 600,400 US travelers.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel's national tourism organization. It is accountable for promotion and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a top tourist destination. IMOT hopes to boost tourism to Israel and improve and diversify the tourism experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s amazing array of cultural, historical and culinary, religious and culinary destinations which are all a mix of both modernity and tradition. IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
For more information about forthcoming events and activities you can visit the IMOT website at israel.travel. For the most up-to-date information we can be found on Twitter and Facebook.