Editing Haifa (section)

===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>