Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry From the USA

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Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry From the USA

NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for tourist arrivals in Israel from the United States in July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 total travelers from the United States in July 2022, a 4% increase from the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States in August 2022, a 13% increase from the year before.

נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. "It is thrilling to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of 2019," he stated. "The United States is our number one market for travel to Israel prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers month after month; We're extremely pleased to witness this positive change and expect a continued increase in the coming years and months to be."

Canada is not far from the United States of America, is on track for surpassing its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 tourists in July 2022, and 6,000 visitors in August.

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 not too far away from our record for 2019 and we expect that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow because Canadians are more comfortable traveling internationally."

https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 Israel received more visitors from all over the world during 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 of them were Americans. Israel's official opening for all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has already received more than 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

נווה פריצקי Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism


The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's tourism authority.  נווה פריצקי It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional activities to help make Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT seeks to increase tourism traffic to contribute to Israel's economy, and to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT works to promote Israel's vast array of cultural, historical, culinary, and religious places of interest - each offering perfect mix of tradition and modernity. North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

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