NEW YORK - Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for arrivals of tourists in Israel from the United States in July and august. The country welcomed 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos This is a four percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This is a 13% improvement from the year before. Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) stated that it was thrilling to witness a rise in Israeli tourism from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019, he said. נווה פריצקי The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel and prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 was announced, we had record-breaking numbers of tourism entries each month. We're extremely pleased to witness an improvement in the trend and we anticipate an increase in the coming many months and years to follow. Canada, not too far behind that of the United States of America, is poised to surpass its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 tourists in July 2022 as well as 6,000 visitors in August. Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was thrilling to see Canada's tourism to Israel growing. We're not too far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this growth in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable traveling abroad. In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists, 969,600 of them coming from the United States, and since the country's official opening to all travelers regardless of vaccination status in May of this year, the country has already received more than 600,400 US travelers. נווה פריצקי About the Israel Ministry of Tourism The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) the tourism department of Israel is responsible for preparing and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives that position Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT aims to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help the economy of Israel, and also to improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's incredible range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious that are each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. נווה פריצקי The North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto. Visit IMOT's website, israel.travel.com to find out more information about the upcoming events. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/524295/ Follow us on Twitter, Twitter and Instagram to get the latest updates.
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