At the lowest spot on the globe lies the Dead Sea, the world's largest natural spa, a national and global treasure. This is a breathtakingly beautiful land of canyons, cliffs, and extraordinary zoological and botanical riches.
For centuries, the Dead Sea was considered "cursed ground" and only the new settlement in the area since the 1930s succeeded in turning the "curse of the salty ground" and the salt water into a blessing, bringing prosperity to the entire region.
Today, some 2,000 people live on the banks of the Dead Sea, working in tourism, agriculture, education, administration and industry. The region's residents love their home area, and through green projects and awareness-raising activities, help to preserve the Dead Sea as a world-famous ecological pearl of nature at the heart of the Great Rift Valley.
DEAD SEA EVENTS
FACTS AND FIGURES
The lowest place on earth
The Dead Sea is the second saltiest body of water in the world after Lake Assal in Djibouti, Africa.
Geographic Figures and Facts
The Dead Sea is located at the deepest point in the Great Rift Valley, which extends from Syria to Mozambique.
The largest natural spa in theworld
Bird Facts and Figures
Each spring and autumn some half a billion migratory birds fly over the Great Rift Valley.
