The Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth and one of Israel's most popular tourist sites, is one of the nominees for the shortlist in an international competition to grade the seven natural wonders of the world.

This unique tourism site was selected from an original list of about 440 sites from 220 countries. The Megillot Dead Sea Regional Council proposed the candidacy of the Dead Sea for the competition in order to promote tourism to the region and raise public awareness around the world of the problems facing the sea, which has lost about one meter in height every year for the past 30 years, mainly from the effects of restricting the flow of the River Jordan at the Degania Dam.