NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists in July 2022. It was a four percent increase over the year before seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of 2019," he stated. נווה פריצקי "The United States is our most important destination for our inbound tourism to Israel. Before the COVID-19 pandemic we had record-breaking number of tourists from Israel entering Israel every month. We are extremely happy to see such a positive shift, and we expect it to continue for many months and years."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lwMSJfGowנווה פריצקי Canada is poised to surpass Israel's arrivals in tourist numbers, with 7,200 tourists visiting Israel in July 2022, and 6,600 tourists in August.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was exciting to see Canada's tourism to Israel returning. We're close to reaching our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this increase in travel to Israel will continue as Canadians are more comfortable at ease when they travel abroad.
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million international visitors in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 of them coming from the United States. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all tourists, no matter whether they have been vaccination-free. Israel has already hosted more than 600,000.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's tourist authority. https://rishon.mynet.co.il/good_to_know/article/bywhg4vbo It plans and implements marketing and promotional actions to create Israel a top travel destination. IMOT aims in promoting Israel as a destination for tourists and to boost the economy. IMOT operates in Israel to promote the impressive variety of religious and cultural attractions - each a unique blend of tradition, modernity and delicious food. The IMOT offices North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
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