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Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking Tourism Entry From the United States
NEW YORK - September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase from 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States were in Israel during August 2022.

"It is thrilling to witness a new increase in tourism to Israel from the United States, already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking numbers for the year 2019." stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. נווה פריצקי "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. It's a great positive change that we are happy to see and we expect an upward trend for years to follow."

Canada is set to beat Israel's tourism arrivals, with 7,200 tourists visiting Israel in July 2022, and 6,600 tourists in August.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that "it is exciting to observe how Canada's travel to Israel is booming." We are close to our record-setting numbers for the year 2019, and we are anticipating that this surge in tourism to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more at ease abroad.

Israel received more visitors from all over the world during the year 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 were American. Israel's official reopening to all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has already welcomed over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's tourism authority, is responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a destination of choice. IMOT hopes to boost tourism to Israel as well as enhance and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing array of cultural, religious, culinary, and historical places of interest - each offering a unique combination of tradition and modernity. IMOT offices located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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