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Thursday, January 16, 2014

2013 NEW ALL-TIME HIGH - TOURISM TO ISRAEL

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PRESS RELEASE  
    
       
IT'S OFFICIAL: 
2013 SETS NEW ALL-TIME HIGH 
FOR TOURISM TO ISRAEL  
New York - January 16, 2014: 3.54 million visitors from around the world arrived in Israel in 2013, a new all-time high in travel to Israel, says Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South America.

The U.S. is the number one source of tourism to Israel (20% of tourists to Israel come from North America), followed by Russia, France, Germany and the U.K.

"It is an unheard of phenomenon that any country's largest and highest-spending source of tourism comes from 6,000+ miles away," observed Gutin, "which underscores the importance of the work we do in North America."

The month of December 2013 also set a new record high, with the arrival of 24% more tourists (visitors who stayed more than one night) than in 2012. Cruise travel to Israel also increased in 2013 with the arrival of a record 257,000 cruise visitors.

The Israel Ministry of Tourism estimates that 53% of all incoming travelers identify as "Christian" and 28% as "Jewish." The Ministry also estimates that the sites most visited by tourists to Israel are Jerusalem's Western Wall (68%) and Jewish Quarter (64%), the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (57%), the Via Dolorosa (55%) and the Mount of Olives (53%).

For more information about tourism to Israel, visit www.goisrael.com.
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Ross Belfer at WEILL - rbelfer@geoffreyweill.com - 1-866-PRWEILL
 Israel Ministry of Tourism, N.A. - Gail Barzilay - gailbarzilay@imot.org - 212-499-5647
ISRAEL GOVERNMENT TOURIST OFFICES ◦ NORTH AMERICA
New York ◦ 212-499-5650  
Canada ◦ Director: Ami Allon ◦ 416-964-3784   
Los Angeles ◦ Director: Eliezer Hod ◦ 323-658-7463
Atlanta ◦ Director: Eyal Carlin ◦ 404-541-2770
Chicago ◦ Director: Omer Eshel ◦ 312-803-7080
 
 

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