International arrivals to Israel fell abruptly following the October 7, 2023 attacks and the subsequent war in Gaza. Visitor numbers dropped to a small fraction of September 2023 levels within weeks.

The decline was broad-based and highly synchronized across all major source regions, including Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania.

More than two years later, arrivals remained well below pre-war levels through the end of 2025, with no sustained recovery to prior baselines.