The neighboring towns of Ashkelon and Ashdod in the south are competing to build the largest and most luxurious waterpark in Israel. Both cities have presented plans for massive water parks that are expected to be major tourist attractions.
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The Ashkelon park will include a "lazy river" – an artificial river with gentle waves reaching a height of 60 centimeters – that will be both a standalone attraction and a way of getting around the park while taking a rest, cooling off, and admiring the view. The Ashkelon water park will also feature an activity pool, six mega slides, and a kid's pool with smaller slides and splash areas. The mega slides include a full-body slide, a speed slide, and a double racing slide. Another of the park's attractions is an inner tube course.
In addition to all the above, the park will include commercial areas, food courts, a spa, an event hall, and a first aid clinic.
The Ashdod waterpark will also feature a range of attractions, including a wave pool, three slide towers - extreme, regular, and family and a raging river, as well as other attractions for an unforgettable experience. A multi-story adventure park will be built alongside the waterpark and will include extreme attractions of various levels of difficulty that will enable users to rediscover fine motor skills they may not have used in a long time. Other attractions at the Ashdod adventure park will include kart-racing tracks and a huge mini Luna Park with facilities suitable for small children.
The Ashkelon park which is competing for the title of the biggest water park in the Middle East is the bigger of the two parks spreading out over 60 dunams with over 25 different attractions and slides for the entire family. The park is expected to be a major employment hub for residents of the town and will help position Ashkelon as an international tourist town. The company that wins the tender to operate the park will in accordance with conditions set by the Ministry of Tourism benefit from a financial grant under the terms of the Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments. The park will be built in the northern area of Ashkelon, near other major attractions such as the golf park - a beach vacation complex – and also the nearby nature reserve.
The Ashdod park will spread out over 40 at an estimated cost of 60-70 million shekels and will operate on Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model over a period of 20-25 years.
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The planning of the Ashkelon facility is being led by Ran Wolf Urban Planning and Project Management. Among other projects, Ran Wolf has managed the Tel Aviv Port and the Jaffa Port, the Beersheba and Haifa innovation quarters, the new business quarter in Jerusalem, the Ashdod tourism hub, and a tourism complex in Morocco.
Also taking part in the Ashkelon project is Global Leisure & Entertainment, a Dubai and Hong Kong-based consulting company for leisure and entertainment complexes.
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