According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 304,600 tourist entries were recorded in August 2019, 9% more than August 2018 and 20% more than August 2017.

In the period January – August 2019, 2.892 million tourist entries were recorded, as opposed to 2.634 million in the same period last year, an increase of 10%. Revenue from incoming tourism in August stood at $437 million and, since the beginning of the year, at $4.147 billion

• 270,000 tourist entries were by air, 8% more than August 2018 and 17% more than August 2017
• 34,000 tourists arrived via the land crossings, 22% more than August 2018 and 56% more than August 2017.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)