NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for the number of tourists coming in Israel from the United States in July and august. The country received 78,000 travelers from the United States during July 2022, an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. נווה פריצקינווה פריצקי This is a 13% increase over the year before.
Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was exciting to see the growth in Israeli tourism coming from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019 he stated. "The United States is our number one market for travel to Israel prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers each month. We're so happy to see this positive change and we anticipate an upswing for the months and years to come."
Canada with 7200 tourists visiting the country in July 2022, and 6,000 in August is not much behind the United States.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that "it's thrilling to observe the way that tourism in Canada is booming." "We are close to our record-setting numbers in 2019. נווה פריצקי We believe that this trend will continue as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.
Israel welcomed more tourists from all over the world during the year 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 were Americans. Israel's official opening for all travelers was May 2018. נווה פריצקי The country has received more than 600,400 US travelers since then.
Information 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 preferred destination for travel. IMOT is aiming to increase awareness of Israel as a destination for tourists and increase the economy. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing range of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical places of interest - each offering a unique blend of modernity and tradition. North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.
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