(JNS) Around 440,000 tourist entries were recorded in Israel in May 2019, or 11.1% more than May of last year, and 26.8% more than that period two years ago, according to the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics.

From January to May this year, almost 1.9 million tourists visited the Jewish state, as compared to 1.75 million in the same period last year—a jump of 8.3%.