Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourist entry Numbers From the 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. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw This is a four percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/524295/ This is a 13% improvement from the year before. "It is so exciting to witness a new increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching the record-breaking levels for the year 2019," said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. https://saloona.co.il/blog/%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%A7%D7%99/ "The United States is our number one market for Israel's inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw record-breaking numbers of Israeli tourists entering Israel every month. We are thrilled to witness an improvement in the trend and expect this trend to last for many months and years." Canada is set to beat Israel's tourism arrivals by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 tourists in August. Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada in the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are not far from our record for 2019 and we expect that the growth in travels to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more confident about traveling internationally." נווה פריצקי Israel hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019, of which 969,600 originated from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel reopened to all travelers regardless of vaccination status, more than 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel. Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's national agency for tourism planning and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to increase awareness of Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT is aiming to boost tourism traffic to contribute to Israel's economy, and to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable range of historical, cultural, food and religious sites which are all a delightful combination of modernity and tradition. נווה פריצקי North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto. Visit IMOT's website, israel.travel.com for information on forthcoming events. For the latest information we can be found on Twitter and Facebook. Website: https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000