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Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourism entry Counts from the United States
NEW YORK - Sept. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism has announced record-breaking figures of visitors from the United States who visited Israel in the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 total travelers from the United States in July 2022 which is an increase of 4% from 2019, and 71,000 total travelers from the United States in August 2022 that's an increase of 13% from 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to once again witness an growth in tourism to Israel from the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of 2019," he stated. "The United States remains our most important market for Israel-bound tourism. נווה פריצקי Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 that was in the news, we had record-breaking tourist entry numbers every month. נווה פריצקי We are thrilled to see this shift and are expecting an ongoing upward trend for months or even years.

Not far behind the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourism numbers in Israel with 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that "it's thrilling to observe the way that tourism in Canada is booming." "We are not too far away from our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are anticipating that the growth in the number of travelers to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians remain at ease traveling abroad."

https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 Israel hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019, of which 969,600 were from the United States. https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True Since May, when the country opened to all visitors regardless of vaccination status over 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.


About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's national tourist agency. https://www.facebook.com/neveparitzki It develops and executes promotions and marketing initiatives to create Israel a top travel destination. IMOT strives to in promoting Israel as a tourist destination and boost economic growth. IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable variety of cultural, historical, food and religious sites that are each a perfect combination of modernity and tradition. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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