Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking Tourism Entry Counts from the United States NEW YORK, Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswire-- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. Israel received 78,000 visitors from the United States during July 2022 which was an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. This is a 13% increase over 2019. Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. "The United States has been our most important market for Israel's tourism inbound. https://jerusalem.mynet.co.il/good_to_know/article/hjnaame11i Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we were celebrating record figures of the number of tourists entering Israel each month. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/523585/ Canada is also on track, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. נווה פריצקי In July 2022 Canada had 7,200 visitors while August witnessed the number increase to 6,000. נווה פריצקי "It is so exciting to see how the Canadian tourism to Israel is booming," said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We are still not far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable traveling internationally." Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million tourists from abroad in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 being from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all travelers, regardless if they are vaccination-free. The country has already hosted more than 600,000. About the Israel Ministry of Tourism The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's national tourism organization responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a top destination for travelers. IMOT aims for increased tourism traffic in order to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT operates in Israel to promote the impressive array of cultural and religious tourist attractions that are each an exceptional blend of tradition, modernity and delicious food. The North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto. For more information about upcoming attractions and events in Israel, please visit IMOT's site at israel.travel. For the latest news follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Read More: https://jerusalem.mynet.co.il/good_to_know/article/hjnaame11i