78% of Israelis will travel abroad this year

Israel breaks travel record as millions of Israelis fly abroad As of July, record number of 3.6 million Israelis have traveled abroad this year • If current trends continue, 78% of Israelis will have traveled abroad by year's end • Central Bureau of Statistics notes record of 1.4 million travelers over the summer. Zeev Klein Israelis at Ben-Gurion International Airport A record of 3,623,800 Israelis traveled abroad between January-July 2016 -- 14.6% more than the same period last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday. Some 3,350,400 traveled through Ben-Gurion International Airport, an all time record that corresponds with an increase of 15% compared to the same period last year. If the current trends hold, a record of 6.65 million Israelis (78% of all Israelis) ׂׂׂׂwill have traveled abroad by the year's end. In 2015, a total of 5,880,000 Israelis traveled abroad. According to the CBS report, some 831,000 Israelis traveled abroad in July, of whom 36,000 left Israel more than once during that month. Overall, no fewer than 1,379,000 Israelis traveled abroad in the June-July period this year, an all time high. Some 234,600 Israelis passed through the overland crossings to Jordan (including Israeli Arabs whose ultimate destination was Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states). This amounts to a 9.3% increase compared to the same period last year. Some 99,200 Israelis traveled to Sinai through the Taba Border Crossing near Eilat, representing a 44.9% increase.