Tourism from the U.S. to Israel is breaking all records, according to Moshe Shoshani, Israel’s new Commissioner for Tourism to North America. “We welcomed 30 percent more American visitors this May and 46 percent more in June than in the same months of 1982. Overall, we expect to end 1983 with some 320,000 American tourists visiting the country, 15 percent more than last year… we have already surpassed the previous record set in 1980.”
Discussing the tourism figures, Shoshani said that quite apart from the surge of travelers visiting Europe, there is a growing perception amongst Americans that Israel is an exciting, interesting and enjoyable country to visit — over and above the country’s “traditional” religious and historic attractions.
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