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Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourist entry Numbers from the United States
NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for tourist arrivals to Israel from the United States in July and August. https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 Israel received 78,000 visitors 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 פריצקי This is a 13% increase over the year before.


Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to once again witness an increase in tourism Israel from the United States. https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=458935&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the outbreak of COVID-19 that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers each month. We're so happy to see such a positive shift and anticipate a steady upswing for the many months and years to follow."

Canada is on track to surpass Israel's arrivals in tourist numbers by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 in August.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that "it's so exciting to witness how tourism in Canada is recovering." "We are close to our record numbers for the year 2019. We anticipate that this trend will continue to grow as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.

Israel hosted more than 4.6million tourists in 2019, of which 969,600 were from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel reopened to all travelers regardless of vaccination status, more than 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel's main tourism organization. It is responsible for marketing and promotional initiatives in order to position Israel as a top tourist destination. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help boost the economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT highlights Israel's incredible range of historical, cultural, culinary, religious, and culinary destinations - each a blend of both modernity and tradition. IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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