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The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is the Most Popular Site in Israel |
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In second place stands Hamat Gader, followed by the Masada National Park. The Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan and the Caesarea National Park came fourth and fifth The Dun & Bradstreet survey ranking the 100 leading tourist sites in Israel in the volume of visitors determined that the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is the leading site for 2005. During that year, over 550 thousand tourists visited the zoo. The sap site Hamat Gader takes the second place with around 550 thousand visitors, followed by the Masada National Park with just under 500 thousand visitors. The Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan comes fourth with around 480 thousand visitors and the Caesarea National Park, with 440 thousand visitors, takes the fifth place. The list of the ten leading tourist sites in Israel also includes the Coral World Underwater Observatory in Eilat at the sixth place with 416 thousand visitors. In seventh comes the Mini Israel site in Latrun with over 408 thousand visitors, followed by Ba-Lagan amusement park in Kibbutz Yagur in eighth place. The Hermon Mountain site only reached ninth place with 350 thousand visitors. The Luna Gal at the Sea of Galilee closes the list of the top ten tourist sites with approximately 350 thousand visitors. The Dun's 100 list ranks Israel's tourist sites by the number of visitors, taking into account the sites where there is an entrance fee. Other popular sites such as the Western Wall and the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa were not included in the survey because entry to these sites is free of charge. The Dun & Bradstreet economists state that according to the survey, there is a sharp increase in the number of visitors in historical and Jewish sites such as the Biblical Zoo, Masada and Caesarea. To watch videos of tourist sites included in Israel's top ten list:
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