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NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for the number of tourists coming to Israel from the United States in July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists in July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase from 2019 seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022. Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to see a new rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=459025&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States remains our largest market for Israel-bound tourism. Before the outbreak of COVID-19 there was a record-breaking number of tourism numbers each month. https://www.facebook.com/neveparitzki We are thrilled to see this shift and are expecting an upward trend that will continue for months, and possibly years. Canada is in the process, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos In July 2022 Canada received 7,200 visitors and August witnessed 6,000. Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that "it is exciting to see how Canada's tourism to Israel is booming." We are getting close to our record-setting numbers for the year 2019 and we expect that this increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable at home abroad. Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million international tourists in 2019 and this included 969.600 being from the United States. https://www.themarker.com/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c8-d6c9-a197-79cd96360000 In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all travelers, regardless whether they have been vaccination-free. The country already has hosted more than 600,000 visitors. https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), Israel's tourism agency is responsible for preparing and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a destination of choice. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel as well as enhance and diversify the tourism experience. IMOT helps promote Israel's diverse array of cultural, historical, culinary, and religious tourist attractions, each offering perfect mix of modernity and tradition. North America has IMOT offices which are located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.
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