NEW YORK - September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. https://www.themarker.com/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c8-d6c9-a197-79cd96360000 This represents a 4 percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.
נווה פריצקי "It is so exciting to see yet another rise in the number of tourists visiting Israel from the United States, already reaching the record-breaking levels for the year 2019." said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country every month. This is a positive trend that we're happy to see and we expect an upward trend for many months to come."
Canada is not far behind that of the United States of America, is on track for surpassing its tourist arrivals to Israel. The country had 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in 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 Canada’s tourism is rebounding." We are still not far away from our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this surge in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians find it easier to travel abroad."
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 of them coming from the United States. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/523585/ In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all visitors, regardless if they are vaccination-free. It has already hosted more than 600,000.
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