NEW YORK - September 8 2022- New record breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4% rise over 2019, and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This is an increase of 13% over 2019.
Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to witness a second growth in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. This is a positive change that we are pleased to witness and expect an upward trend for years to follow."
https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=458935&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True Not far behind in the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel with 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August.
"It is exciting to see how the Canadian tourism to Israel is growing," said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are not too far away from our record numbers for 2019 and we anticipate that this growth in the number of travelers to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians continue to feel more confident about traveling internationally."
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists in the year of 2019. 969,600 came of the United States. The country's official reopening to all travelers in May has seen more than 600,000.
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