Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry From the United States
NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for the number of tourists coming to Israel from the United States in July and August. https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 The country welcomed 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. This is a 4% rise over 2019, and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. נווה פריצקי This represents an increase of 13% over the year before.
Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner of the United States. נווה פריצקי He stated, "It's so exciting to again see an increase of tourism to Israel from the United States, and already reaching or surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019". "The United States remains our largest market for Israel-bound tourism. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism numbers each month. We are thrilled to see this positive shift and expect an upward trend that will continue for months or even years.
In line with the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourist arrivals in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 , and 6,000 in August.
https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/523585/ 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 getting close to our record numbers for the year 2019. We expect that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians visit more countries.
נווה פריצקי In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening for any traveler regardless of the status of their vaccination in May, the country has already witnessed over 600,400 US travelers.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's tourism agency, is responsible for designing and executing marketing and promotional programs to increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT is aiming to increase tourism to support Israel's economy and diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing array of cultural, religious food, historical, and culinary places of interest - each offering a unique combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
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