NEW YORK - Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswirein July and August 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism reported record numbers of visitors from the United States. Israel welcomed 78,000 travelers 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 which is an increase of 13% from 2019.
Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was thrilling to witness an increase in tourism to Israel from the United States. נווה פריצקי Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019 he stated. נווה פריצקי "The United States is our number one market for travel to Israel prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourist numbers each month. We're so happy to see such a positive shift and we anticipate an upswing for the years and months to come."
Canada is set to surpass Israel's tourist arrivals by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in July 2022 and 6,600 in August.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that "it's thrilling to observe how Canada’s tourism is rebounding." נווה פריצקי "We are not too far away from our record numbers for 2019, and we are anticipating that this growth in tourism to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians remain confident about 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 reopening to all travelers was May 2018. The country has already received over 600,400 US travellers since that time.
נווה פריצקי About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country's tourism authority responsible for preparing and executing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a top travel destination. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel as well as enhance and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT works in Israel to promote the amazing variety of religious and cultural tourist attractions that are each an exceptional mix of modernity, tradition and culinary delights. North America's IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.
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