Editing Haifa (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Haifa Refinery by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[Oil Refineries|Haifa Oil Refinery]]]]
[[File:Matam hi-tech park (Haifa).jpg|thumb|Matam hi-tech park]]
The common Israeli saying, "Haifa works, Jerusalem prays, and Tel Aviv plays" attests to Haifa's reputation as a city of workers and industry.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tel Aviv: "Haifa works, Jerusalem prays, and Tel Aviv plays" |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/middleeast/israel/721623/Tel-Aviv-%22Haifa-works,-Jerusalem-prays,-and-Tel-Aviv-plays%22.html |access-date=23 March 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=14 November 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415113817/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/middleeast/israel/721623/Tel-Aviv-%22Haifa-works%2C-Jerusalem-prays%2C-and-Tel-Aviv-plays%22.html |archive-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The industrial region of Haifa is in the eastern part of the city, around the Kishon River. It is home to the [[Oil Refineries Ltd|Haifa oil refinery]], one of the two [[Oil refinery|oil refineries]] in Israel (the [[Ashdod Oil Refineries|other refinery]] being located in Ashdod). The Haifa refinery processes 9&nbsp;million tons (66&nbsp;million barrels) of [[Petroleum|crude oil]] a year.<ref name=foundation>{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa-foundation.org/haifa_today.htm |title=Haifa Today |access-date=21 March 2008 |publisher=Haifa Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415062842/http://www.haifa-foundation.org/haifa_today.htm |archive-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> Its nowadays unused twin 80-meter high [[cooling tower]]s, built in the 1930s, were the tallest buildings built in the British Mandate period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=haifaoilrefinerycoolingtowers-haifa-israel |title=Haifa Oil Refinery Cooling Towers |access-date=17 February 2008 |publisher=Emporis.com |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611073309/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/227526/haifa-oil-refinery-cooling-towers-haifa-israel |url-status=usurped}}</ref> ''Matam'' (short for ''Merkaz Ta'asiyot Mada'' – Scientific Industries Center), the largest and oldest [[business park]] in Israel, is at the southern entrance to the city, hosting manufacturing and [[research and development|R&D]] facilities for a large number of Israeli and international [[High tech|hi-tech]] companies, such as [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Abbott Laboratories|Abbot]], [[Cadence Design Systems|Cadence]], [[Intel Corporation|Intel]], [[IBM R&D Labs in Israel|IBM]], [[Magic Leap]], [[Microsoft]], [[Motorola]], Google, [[Yahoo!]], [[Elbit]], [[CSR plc|CSR]], [[Philips]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PwC]] and [[Amdocs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.american.edu/carmel/ab5293a/Casestudy/Israel/israel.htm |title=Israel |publisher=American.edu |access-date=17 February 2008 |archive-date=15 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415082218/http://www.american.edu/carmel/ab5293a/Casestudy/Israel/israel.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The campus of the University of Haifa is also home to IBM Haifa Labs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com |title=IBM Haifa Labs |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=IBM Haifa Labs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308204625/http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/ |archive-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Port of Haifa is the leader in passenger traffic among Israeli ports, and is also a major cargo [[harbor]], although deregulation has seen its dominance challenged by the [[Port of Ashdod]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haifaport.org.il/ |title=Haifa Port |access-date=27 January 2008 |publisher=Haifa Port |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124134947/http://www.haifaport.org.il/ |archive-date=24 January 2008}}</ref> Haifa malls and shopping centers include Hutsot Hamifratz, Horev Center Mall, Panorama Center, Castra Center, Colony Center (Lev HaMoshava), Hanevi'im Tower Mall, Kanyon Haifa, [[Lev Hamifratz Mall]] and [[Grand Canyon (mall)|Grand Kanyon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng/modules/article/view.category.php/30 |title=Haifa Shopping Centers |access-date=19 February 2008 |publisher=Tour-Haifa.co.il |archive-date=8 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208201401/http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng//modules/article/view.category.php/30 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[Monocle (lifestyle magazine)|Monocle]]'' magazine identified Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential, with the greatest investment opportunities in the world. The magazine noted that "a massive head-to-toe regeneration is starting to have an impact; from scaffolding and cranes around town, to renovated façades and new smart places to eat". The Haifa municipality had spent more than $350&nbsp;million on roads and infrastructure, and the number of building permits had risen 83% in the previous two years.<ref name=Monocle>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3988794,00.html |title=Haifa: Greatest business potential |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=20 June 1995 |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708230555/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3988794,00.html |url-status=live|last1=Petersburg |first1=Ofer }}</ref>

In 2014, it was announced that a technology-focused [[stock exchange]] would be established to compete with the [[Tel Aviv Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-haifa-plans-technology-stock-market-1000963887 |title=Globes English – Haifa plans technology stock market |access-date=2015-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081450/http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-haifa-plans-technology-stock-market-1000963887 |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> Currently, some 40 hotels, mostly [[boutique hotel]]s, are planned, have been approved, or are under construction. The Haifa Municipality is seeking to turn the city into Northern Israel's tourist center, from where travelers can embark on day trips into Acre, Nazareth, Tiberias, and the Galilee.<ref name=hotels>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4319604,00.html |title=Dozens of hotels planned in Haifa |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=20 June 1995 |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308020733/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4319604,00.html |url-status=live|last1=Petersburg |first1=Ofer }}</ref> A new [[life sciences]] industrial park containing five buildings with 85,000 square meters of space on a 31-duman (7.75 acre) site is being built adjacent to the Matam industrial park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000756854&fid=1124 |title=Building to begin on Haifa life sciences park |work=Globes |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528161942/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1000756854 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Tourism===
{{See also|Terraces (Baháʼí)}}
[[File:Stella Maris Haifa.jpg|thumb|Interior of [[Stella Maris Monastery]]]]
In 2005, Haifa had 13 hotels with a total of 1,462 rooms.<ref name=tourism>{{cite web |url=http://www1.haifa.muni.il/spru/doc/YB/Tourism/Y2005/Download/Tourism2005.pdf |title=Hotels and Tourism |work=Haifa Statistical Yearbook |publisher=Haifa Municipality |access-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226230016/http://www1.haifa.muni.il/spru/doc/YB/Tourism/Y2005/Download/Tourism2005.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update inline|date=January 2023}} The city has a {{cvt|17|km|mi|0}} shoreline, of which {{cvt|5|km|mi|0}} are beaches.<ref name=leisure>{{cite web |url=http://www1.haifa.muni.il/spru/doc/YB/LeisureActivity/Y2004/Download/LeisureActivityDL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330013119/http://www1.haifa.muni.il/spru/doc/YB/LeisureActivity/Y2004/Download/LeisureActivityDL.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2007 |title=Leisure Activity |work=Haifa Statistical Yearbook |publisher=Haifa Municipality |page=56 |access-date=14 February 2008}}</ref> Haifa's main tourist attraction is the [[Baháʼí World Centre]], with the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb and the surrounding gardens. Between 2005 and 2006, 86,037 visited the shrine.<ref name=tourism/> In 2008, the Baháʼí gardens were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<ref name=UNESCO/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://terraces.bahai.org/terraces.en.html |title=Terraces of the Shrine of the Bab |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-date=23 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423225420/http://terraces.bahai.org/terraces.en.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bahai.org/dir/bwc |title=Baha'i World Center |access-date=20 March 2008 |publisher=[[Baháʼí International Community]] |archive-date=18 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318211852/http://www.bahai.org/dir/bwc |url-status=live}}</ref> The restored German Colony, founded by the Templers, Stella Maris and Elijah's Cave also draw many tourists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng/modules/article/view.article.php/c14/118/p2 |title=Tours of Haifa |access-date=11 April 2008 |archive-date=15 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415121944/http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng/modules/article/view.article.php/c14/118/p2 |url-status=live}}</ref> Located in the Haifa district are the [[Ein Hod]] artists' colony, where over 90 artists and craftsmen have studios and exhibitions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/haifa.htm |title=Eih Hod |access-date=20 January 2008 |publisher=ddtrave-acc.com |archive-date=19 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119025508/http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/haifa.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Mount Carmel [[national park]], with caves where [[Neanderthal]] and early [[Human|Homo Sapiens]] remains were found.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?CNumber=852573 |title=Mount Carmel National Park |access-date=11 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302214342/http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?CNumber=852573 |archive-date=2 March 2008}}</ref>

A 2007 report commissioned by the Haifa Municipality calls for the construction of more hotels, a ferry line between Haifa, Acre and [[Caesarea (modern town)|Caesarea]], development of the western anchorage of the port as a recreation and entertainment area, and an expansion of the local airport and port to accommodate international travel and [[cruise ship]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/864746.html |title=Making Haifa into an international tourist destination |date=30 May 2007 |access-date=10 March 2008 |work=Haaretz |archive-date=15 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415044437/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/864746.html |url-status=live}}</ref>