Most Visited Sites
In 2009, the two most visited sites in Israel were the Western Wall and the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. The most popular paid tourist attraction is the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.
The top paid sites of 2012 were listed by Dun & Bradstreet Israel as opposed to the above sites which offer free entry.
| Listing | Site | 2008 Visitors | 2012 Visitors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerusalem Biblical Zoo | 687,647 | 752,000 |
| 2 | Masada | 721,915 | 724,000 |
| 3 | Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan | 581,800 | 713,000 |
| 4 | Caesarea | 713,648 | 670,000 |
| 5 | Banias | 430,531 | 561,000 |
| 6 | Ein Gedi | 471,000 | |
| 7 | Hamat Gader | 500,000 | 440,000 |
| 8 | Yamit 2000 in Holon | 412,533 | 431,000 |
| 9 | Coral World Underwater Observatory in Eilat | 458,000 | 423,000 |
| 10 | Qumran | 389,291 | 377,000 |
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Famous quotes containing the word visited:
“... a family I know ... bought an acre in the country on which to build a house. For many years, while they lacked the money to build, they visited the site regularly and picnicked on a knoll, the site’s most attractive feature. They liked so much to visualize themselves as always there, that when they finally built they put the house on the knoll. But then the knoll was gone. Somehow they had not realized they would destroy it and lose it by supplanting it with themselves.”
—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)