It is forecast to 5 million tourists a year and optimism Iraqi season promising

It is forecast to 5 million tourists a year and optimism Iraqi season promising



BAGHDAD - The Journal News
Tourism is a tributary of the national economy, as it includes Iraq 's fertile land and sources of fresh water and Ishqh Tigris and Euphrates rivers , and other especially in the areas of the north where there are frequent springs and waterfalls, Iraq also contains a number of shrines sacred religious shrines in addition to entering the World Heritage list in sources Ahuarh.

The Director-General of the Department of Tourism totals in the Ministry of Culture Mahmoud al-Zaidi told Vinegar «Journal News», "Iraq has 700 licensed companies operating in all the world, including those found in Syria, and the Tourism Authority deducted the amount of $ 40 from the tourist newcomer to Iraq, cut into including $ 30 of the Ministry of Finance and $ 10 for tourism will be working this decision soon, noting that Iraq enters 5 million tourists a year, meaning that the revenue obtained is estimated at nearly five billion dollars. "

He added, "Global accounts for tourism estimated revenues every tourist with a thousand dollars and thus we have a huge number of tourism revenues, pointing out that the volatile security situation, cast a shadow over tourism in Iraq, and after the liberation of Mosul battles and imparted a recipe peace and security and stability, there will be high rates tourists and achieve financial revenue. "

Zaidi continued, "The Tourism Authority worked on Etbist procedures to visitors entering to visit the holy sites of the fact that we have a good religious tourism and thriving, but we aspire to develop as if have entry and aviation feature, and there is a growing movement on her visit, pointing out that the most important obstacles facing tourism in Iraq are infrastructure deficiencies and weaknesses in the understanding of the general atmosphere of tourism and the nature of dealing with foreign tourists and this weakness is the societal understanding of the nature of tourism so that the world join up in a way to provide tourist service. "

And "tourism in the region, a thriving, stable and different from the center and south because the region enjoys stability, security, political, and the completion of the infrastructure that is the foundation of the tourism work, the center today and through the tourist totals Department is in full coordination with the bodies and tourism companies in Kurdistan and to overcome all the difficulties in front of tourism companies in the province and the center, noting that the work is continuing to unify the visions and development work in Kurdistan and the center. "

For his part, the Committee of Tourism and Antiquities parliamentary member Faleh Hassan in Tsrihl «Journal News», "that there are Iraqi companies working in Syria to the fact that religious tourism is active in Iraq and Syria, despite the Almtzzbh situation in the two countries, but we are witnessing the influx of a number of Syrian tourists to Iraq to visit the holy sites. "

"The Iraq scored a remarkable increase in the number of tourists to visit the holy sites in the visit season Arbain specifically, pointing out that there is a difference in the registration of the number of arrivals from year to year and this is his knowledge through airports and border ports and hotels, have ports registered entry 4 Iranian million in the visit Arbain season and cut the amount of approximately $ 75 and then achieve an estimated $ 300 million in the intervention of the federal budget of fiscal revenue. "

He said Hassan "The Ministry of Hajj Iran and Umrah and through its cooperation with the Iraqi Tourism Authority daily recorded 15 thousand visitors in addition to arrivals from the Arabian Gulf, as well as natural tourism , " noting "that support tourism Iraq 's entry to the World Heritage List."
And "The security situation plays a role in the revitalization of tourism and the Commission in contact with the bodies and committees in the security and defense to achieve and create the right atmosphere for tourism security, Iraq broadcast a positive message on the restoration of security, especially after the liberation of most of the areas of control Daesh and the need to keep up with the media on those coverages that calculated national tourism. "
Hassan "The tourism companies and pointed at the center on the great cooperation with the region through tourism companies from the middle and Groups . South to the Kurdistan region and vice versa , and there are weekly flights to Marshes Aljbaishn has Nasiriyah airport recorded a number of those trips."
It is said that the Minister of Tourism of the Syrian human Yazici, revealed the existence of 75 Iraqi tourist company in Syria is interested in religious tourism and development between the two countries.
He Yazici in a press interview with the importance of this number of Iraqi companies and the decisions issued by the Ministry of Tourism regarding the improvement of the quality of tourism services to visitors in general and the organization of the religious tourism sector in particular , in addition to the actions taken in regards to security and safety in transport, hotels and all services provided to visitors.

He stressed the importance of Yazici meeting between Syrian companies and Iraqi counterparts to serve the development of tourism in the two countries, expressing his ministry's support to these meetings that contribute to increasing the number of visitors and the exchange of visits between the two countries, pointing out that our doors are open to all visitors to Syria and her fans.

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