Closure of the Middle East, the first tourism exhibition in Erbil

Closure of the Middle East, the first tourism exhibition in Erbil



08/05/2017 0:00

Erbil / Iyad Berwari
concluded on the Erbil International Fair , the first works of East Tourism Expo East , which lasted for three days from 4 to 6 May 2017 with the participation of many tourism companies from 16 countries. Abdullah Ahmed Director of Erbil International Fair said in a statement the "morning": In order to strengthen relations and establish a direct bridge tourist, economic and cultural relations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and with the countries of the world, was set up for the first time this exhibition.
Abdullah also noted the participation of 200 tourism companies from 16 countries in the exhibition were distributed among the participating companies between tourism companies, airlines, restaurants, Alvolklor and local tourism bodies
and foreign.
He stressed that the aim of the exhibition was re - tourism in the region and open the door to tourists from the provinces of Iraq and the Arab countries to visit the region and throughout the summer Massaifaa and the most important goal was to seek to reduce reliance on oil in the issue of collection of
revenue.
And the countries that participated in the Middle East , the first tourism exhibition, Abdullah said that seven Arab countries participated in the exhibition which is Jordan, Tunisia, Kuwait, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon in addition to Iraq , along with the other of each of the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine countries , Britain, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. For his part , Nader Rosti media spokesman for the Tourism Authority in the Kurdistan region , said in a statement the "morning": Many of the contracts between local companies signed in the Kurdistan region and other companies participating in the exhibition from outside Iraq, especially in the second and third days of the days of the
exhibition.
Rosti added that this exhibition is one of the events for the definition of the tourism sector in the region and drew the attention of tourism companies and tourists towards Kurdistan, expected that tourist traffic back to normal , especially since the elimination of the organization "Daesh" terrorist Pat soon.
Also that witness tourism valuable region predicted two years from now a remarkable recovery , especially since the Tourism Authority have a strategic plan in this area being implemented, adding that during the year 2016 received Territory million and 200 thousand tourists and we expect to increase the number in 2017 to two million tourists .
Director of Erbil Asaish Tariq Nuri , in turn , said in a press statement: "There will be facilities for tourists coming to the province of Arbil."
The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government , Nechirvan Barzani said in a speech at the opening ceremony of the exhibition that the establishment of such activities in the current circumstances of the territory of its importance and impact of a marked increase hope of confidence in the return of the market tourist Kurdistan and accelerate the re - normalization and improvement of the situation and evidence that the steps the Government of the Territory to improve the situation will emerge about unexpected results.
He stressed that his Government was considering the importance of the tourism sector as a source of securing revenues, job creation, development of the country, enriching folklore, and the strengthening of relations, and examined all the positive areas of tourism and worked on them, and for the AFESD and the development of the tourism sector has plans and programs.
He has the region bases the main requirements that are supposed availability of tourism rich successful, as well as tolerance, openness, love life and generous hospitality when the people of Kurdistan, pointing out that many countries lacked all of these things together and do not have this land and do not have these opportunities and chances in the Kurdistan for tourism, it 's great opportunities
really.
Barzani called on investors and the private sector to set up tourism projects in the region and benefit from the opportunities that exist to build the tourism sector in Kurdistan, noting that Kurdistan is moving towards the re - normalization and improve the situation stage, the stage of development and construction of infrastructure for tourism, industry and agriculture, where it was planned that this solved replace the sectors of oil and gas sector and make it a source of revenue and is providing greater opportunities to work in these sectors.

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