Ynet News reported that on tuesday in Quebec, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee added the Bahai shrines in Haifa to the official World Heritage Sites.

• Statistics show that 43% of Haifa’s tourists’ main reason for visiting is because of the gardens.

 

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Money for building ($250 million/year) and maintaining ($4 million/year) the site is given solely from the Bahai people because;

• the religion refuses to accept money from non-Bahai members
• this is why there is no entrance-fee into the gardens

Other World Heritage Sites located in Israel are:

• Masada (2001)
• the Old City of Akko (Acre) (2001)
• Tel Aviv – the White City (2003)
• Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheva (2005)
• Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev (2005)