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Eilat's weather is very hot and dry due to its proximity to the Négev, Sinai, Arabian and Sahara deserts. Temperatures at summer are often in excess in 35°C, and in winter - of 25°C, both very high even for the relatively hot Israel. However, the relatively cool (22°C-25°C) and clean waters of the Red Sea, which are the habitat of a large number of tropical marine species, and the exotic beauty of the landscape surrounding the city make it a favorite tourist attraction, Israel's most popular.
Eilat is also a port of strategic and economic significance. After the seizure of the Suez Canal by Egypt in 1956, until the 1978 Camp David Accords, which led to peace between Israel and Egypt, Israeli-flagged vessels were denied passage through the canal. This made Eilat crucial to Israel for access to markets in East AfricaEast Africa is a region generally considered to include the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Madagascar, is also included. Some parts of East Africa have been renowned for their concentrations of wild animals and Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia is a subregion of Asia. It includes all of the following territories: Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Burma) Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Southeast Asia has an area of 1. 6 million sq miles (4,000,000 k, and for the import of oil. Without recourse to Eilat, vessels sailing from Israel would have to journey through the Mediterranean and around the Cape of Good HopeThe Cape of Good Hope is a headland in South Africa, near Cape Town, traditionally — and incorrectly — regarded as marking the turning point between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Technically, the division between the two oceans lies farther eas to reach Southeast Asia.
Eilat became a free trade zoneFree trade zones (FTZ aka free trade areas or export processing zones designate either parts of a country or groups of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas and preferences on most goods between them. Unlike a customs union, members of a in 1985. Eilat has a domestic airport (code: ETH). International flights to the city are served at Ovda International Airport(code: VDA), situated some 50 km north-east of the city.
Eilat holds various attractions, such as the CoralCorals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria; class Anthozoa) existing as small anemone-like polyps, typically forming colonies of many individuals. The group includes the important reef builders known as hermatypic corals, found in tropic World Underwater Observatory, the Coral Reserve, and DolphinThis article is about the dolphin mammal. For other uses of the term, please see dolphin (disambiguation). See article below. Dolphins are certain aquatic mammals related to whales and porpoises. The word is used in a few different ways. It can mean: #any Reef. Eilat's population includes a large number of foreign travellers, often working in the construction trade.
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