Israel, a land of innovations, tourism, quality university education, scientists, technicians, and engineers

+ 8 million consumers live in Israel. This country is considered the most advanced country in Southwest Asia and the Middle East in economic and industrial development.

 Israel's quality university education and the establishment of a highly motivated and educated populace is largely responsible for spurring the country's high technology boom and rapid economic development.

Despite limited natural resources, intensive development of the agricultural and industrial sectors over the past decades has made Israel largely self-sufficient in food production, apart from grains and beef.

Imports to Israel include raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, and consumer goods.

Leading exports include machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, and textiles and apparel. In 2016, Israeli exports reached $51.61 billion.

Israel has an impressive record for creating profit driven technologies making the country a top choice for many business leaders and high technology industry giants.

Israel boasts 140 scientists, technicians, and engineers per 10,000 employees.

In 2012 Israel was ranked ninth in the world by the Futron's Space Competitiveness Index. The Israel Space Agency coordinates all Israeli space research programs with scientific and commercial goals, and have indigenously designed and built at least 13 commercial, research and spy satellites.

The ongoing shortage of water in the country has spurred innovation in water conservation techniques, and a substantial agricultural modernization, drip irrigation, was invented in Israel. Israel is also at the technological forefront of desalination and water recycling.

Israel has embraced solar energy; its engineers are on the cutting edge of solar energy technology.

Israel had a modern electric car infrastructure involving a countrywide network of charging stations to facilitate the charging and exchange of car batteries.

Israel is served by two international airports, Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main hub for international air travel near Tel Aviv, and Ovda Airport, which serves the southernmost port city of Eilat.

On the Mediterranean coast, the Port of Haifa is the country's oldest and largest port, while Ashdod Port is one of the few deep water ports in the world built on the open sea.

Tourism, especially religious tourism, is an important industry in Israel, with the country's temperate climate, beaches, archaeological, other historical and biblical sites, and unique geography also drawing tourists.