One purpose-built resort enclave on the lowest sea on earth — Ein Bokek, running on Israeli domestic demand while the international ledger rebuilds from 1.3M arrivals toward the 4.5M record.
Source: Israel Ministry of Tourism 2025 inbound series · hotel-published room counts (TIO desk tally, *) · Verified October 2026
Top source markets, 2025 · profile: 50% Jewish travellers, 9% pilgrims · purpose: 45% VFR, 14% leisure, 12% business
Source: Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) · Verified October 2026
David Dead Sea (606 rooms, the largest), VERT, Leonardo Plaza, Herods
Nevo (296) and Kayma (~40) — the domestic champion’s Dead Sea pair
sunrise fortress, Ein Gedi’s springs, the Qumran caves
The full Ein Bokek Market Brief is in production. These are the desk notes shaping it.
1.3M arrivals in 2025 is roughly 29% of the 2019 record; the ministry expects the 2026 ledger to bend upward.
13M+ domestic hotel nights through Q3 2025 — Ein Bokek is a domestic resort first, an international one second.
Jordan’s ten-hotel strip runs at 44% occupancy (JHA, Sept 2026) — the sea has two ledgers, and this desk reads both.
Ten hotels at −430m, 44% occupancy and the empty-pool week — the other ledger on the same water.
Open the page →The two-ledger file is queued; the coverage page tracks what the office publishes on the country.
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