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Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourist entry From the USA
NEW YORK - Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released new records for arrivals of tourists in Israel from the United States in July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 travelers from the United States in July 2022 which is an increase of 4% from the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States in August 2022, a 13% increase from 2019.

נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of 2019," he stated. נווה פריצקי "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry each month. It's a fantastic positive shift that we are very happy about and anticipate an upward trajectory for years to come."

Canada, not too far behind the United States of America, is set to beat its tourist arrivals to Israel. It had 7,200 visitors in July 2022 as well as 6,000 tourists in August.


Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) said that "it is so exciting to see how Canada's tourism to Israel is rebounding." נווה פריצקי We're still not away from our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this surge in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable traveling across the world."

Israel welcomed over 4.6 million visitors in the year 2019. 969,600 were of the United States. נווה פריצקי https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 The country's officially reopening to travelers in May has seen more than 600,000.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's tourism authority, is responsible for planning and executing promotional and marketing initiatives to position Israel as a top destination. IMOT is aiming to increase tourist traffic to support Israel's economy as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable variety of cultural, historical, tourist attractions, culinary and religious which are all a delightful combination of modernity and tradition. North America has IMOT offices which are located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

For more information on forthcoming events and activities go to the website of IMOT at israel.travel. נווה פריצקי Find the most up-to-date information by following us on Twitter or Instagram

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