Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record Breaking Tourism Entry Numbers - United States

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Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record Breaking Tourism Entry Numbers - United States

NEW YORK - Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released new records for the number of tourists coming in Israel from the United States in July and august. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four% increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to see a new increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we had record-breaking figures of tourist entry month after month. It's a great positive trend that we're pleased to witness and anticipate an increase in the many months to follow."

In line with in the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourism numbers in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6,000 in August.

"It is thrilling to see how the Canadian tourism to Israel is rebounding," said Gal Hana, Consul and Director for Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We're close to reaching our record numbers for 2019 and we expect that this growth in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable at ease abroad.


In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists 969,600 of whom came from the United States, and since the country's official opening to any traveler regardless of the status of their vaccination in May of this year Israel has seen over 600,400 US visitors.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's national tourist agency. It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotion initiatives to make Israel a top travel destination. IMOT aims promote Israel as a tourist destination and increase the economy. IMOT promotes Israel’s amazing array of cultural, historical, culinary, religious, and culinary experiences that blend tradition & modernity.  נווה פריצקי IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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