Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourism entry Counts from the United States
NEW YORK - September 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New record breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The country received 78,000 tourists 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 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. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States has been our most important market for Israel's tourism inbound. Before the COVID-19 outbreak we had record figures of the number of tourists entering Israel each month.
Canada is set to beat Israel's tourism arrivals by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 tourists in August.
Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) said that "it is so exciting to watch how Canada's tourist to Israel is booming." "We are near our record 2019 numbers. We believe that this trend will continue to grow as Canadians visit more countries.
In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists, 969,600 of them coming from the United States, and since its official reopening to all travelers regardless of the status of their vaccination in May of this year Israel has witnessed over 600,400 US visitors.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's tourist authority. It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional initiatives to help make Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT seeks to increase tourism traffic to contribute to Israel's economy, and to enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT promotes Israel's incredible variety of religious, cultural food, historic, and culinary attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
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