Chabaish enter the UNESCO list without the elements of a tourist

Chabaish enter the UNESCO list without the elements of a tourist


 Baghdad / Ammar Saleh

The tourism can be economically active sector flows into the state budget billions of dollars and provides employment for hundreds of thousands of unemployed. In the past wars spent on this sector , which is still suffering from neglect. Last year , when the state has succeeded in introducing the marshes and the effects of Dhi Qar in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site , it promotes hope the return of life to the sector, but hope seems elusive, and Chabaish , which is located in the heart of the marshes example. It features spend Chabaish east city of Nasiriyah, the largest number of marshes that had been included on the World Heritage list, but he complains about lack of basic infrastructure , provide tourism activity.
Jassim al - Asadi, director of the organization says the nature of Iraq in Chabaish in an interview (term) "When we talk about this city, we are talking about natural tourism , eco-tourism and the regions and local communities have a human settlement distinct and the nature of the unique and distinct cultural and daily life, these ingredients are present in the Marshes Chabaish, and there is folklore specific and have a distinct nature of the lakes and channels of water and a wide variety of bio - huge local industries and uses Sumer host target houses of reeds, these are all back important and significant economic vendor of the country and contribute to running the hands of the worker may outweigh the thousands. "
And bridge al - Asadi said: "But these factors are not enough, if services and infrastructure is not available, where there are no hotel or tourist services, that" the development of eco - tourism and sustain sector development is one of the Iraqi government missions through the development of strategic plans in this area and coordination with investment Authority and with the private sector and civil society organizations to reach environmental sustainable tourism economic benefit is reflected on the provision of substantial income for Iraq. "
He adds that" there are many cities in the world rely on tourism as a source of prime income including the city of Venice, although their qualifications natural limited and make them in Manaf site Of the Marshes Chabaish. "
As seen Jassim, that in the event were available for all tourism success requirements in these areas, would set it to a large activity in the domestic tourism sector in the district Chabaish and southern Iraq in general, Mayor Chabaish continue his career , which aspires to achieve in transforming the city whole into a tourist city.
Alqaimmqam Badi Alckheon says in an interview (term) "if we can accomplish for the tourism sector investment projects, it will be the city 's biggest tourist cities in the Middle East, due to its water bodies and wide are not available in other cities and states other ".
He explained , "we are working according to a plan developed since the period through which the provision of land and open areas of cooperation and communication with investors for a project will be the first in Iraq and the largest on the level of tourism is to create a tourist village according to the latest designs on 214 dunums, as well as there is the intention of the fact to invest in other areas and there are offers investment in this aspect , ".ofatt that" tourism in the marshlands have not invested until this moment, not even in a simple project, and this is due to two reasons, the first absence of a prior plan by the previous governments, and the second is due to the high red tape and indifference by government departments in the interest This side. "
He added that " the city has seen over the last period, the influx of tourist trips from the various governorates of Iraq, bringing the number of tourists at the weekend, to between four to five thousand tourists, and perhaps double the number on some occasions, and there are tendencies by some foreign to organize countries tourist trips to the marshes in large numbers Chabaish if available where tourist facilities. "
Among Alckheon that " the areas where established tourism projects will contribute to a significant development in the economic side, as the city 's economy is based on the practice of fishing and animal husbandry, but if invested tourism will be there very substantial imports and constitute a percentage increase of more than approximately 70% of the city 's imports ".
He added , "also contributes to the recovery of the tourism sector in the transfer of the cultures of the process and the transfer of other experiences to the city and to establish a cultural mating and the most important part, this city will turn the whole city into a tourist class basis."
But he pointed out that "these steps require lend a hand by the relevant government ministries marsh in the World Heritage List to include the file, especially the Ministry of Water Resources to achieve success in the development of tourism in Iraq." He pointed out that "government institutions in Iraq are not working legally and professionally in the development of tourism and create tourism projects, each works your star , and his own vision and actions may be dead for the work of investment and tourism and as a result of these methods may be repulsive to the investor."
Says a specialist in popular tradition and economic expert Anwar Chasib, " The Marshes spend Chabaish is one of the winter tourism areas because of the warmth and sunshine and famous for its natural tourism, which is considered economically full of treasure if it has take care of the form in which we aspire to become one of the economic pillars in Iraq , Chabaish region has become one of the finest international tourist areas. "
He added (range) , "gaining the development of tourism is particularly important through the flow of foreign investment capital in tourism projects and through the scientific uses of natural resources and the establishment of tourism projects in various regions of the country , which the state treasury flows into the billions of dollars.
" The tourism is today one of the most important economic sectors and the social world in which play a prominent role in the development of countries, especially with the increasing importance as an industry and craft a stand based on the tributary economic development, and therefore we find the magnitude of the various investments in the tourism sector , as happened in Italy, Spain and Alyona Mexico and other countries that have made significant progress in this area. "
He noted that" the achievement of these factors require the provision of hotel and recreational facilities for tourists and the preparation and dissemination of tourist information and arrange the implementation of tourism programs and the preparation and rehabilitation of cadres of tourism. "
It includes Marshes Chabaish many species of birds, fish and plants water cattle and buffalo, not to mention all kinds of reeds and papyrus used by the people of this marsh in multiple manual industries.


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