The hotel sector in Karbala with poor management suffers a lack of government support and the cruelt

The hotel sector in Karbala with poor management suffers a lack of government support and the cruelty of the imposition of taxes


 Baghdad / term

Karbala province enjoys a high tourist - class, whether religious or relics, which opens local and foreign investors ' appetite for the establishment of important projects such as hotels with high specifications that can generate huge financial profits , according to those involved in the hospitality sector, and where experts in economic affairs sees the possibility that activates the hotel sector in the event the required attention been given to other sectors such as agriculture, industry and contributes to running the workforce with all these vital and important aspects, calling for the need to provide full support to the hotel sector, as suffering from permanent neglect with its mismanagement and organization.
Confirms in the Tourism Authority director Mahmoud al - Zaidi said in an interview (range), you and with the large number of hotels in the provinces of Karbala and Najaf , the holy, but do not get financial benefit only on religious occasions and visits such as Arbain and Arafa and Ashura, adding: these events can only hoteliers run to cover expenses, whether on staff salaries and inputs of other hotel level, with taxes and fees imposed on them as a tax property, sales and electricity charges profession, generating a standing complaint from the owners of those hotels, they account for increased prices that may exceed the "$ 100" per night for lack of Occasions and non - State cooperation with them, and these prices according to their opinion is not a large sum if we take into account the expenses incurred by the owner of the hotel.
Continues Zaidi, there are owners trying to contract with multiple parties, making it able to run itself throughout the year hotels, but even these hotels are on the number of fingers, so we see most of the hotel owners are demanding the need to provide them with support from the state by reducing the amount of taxes imposed on them , calling for the need to provide assistance by the state for this vital sector , especially important in the provision of electricity, adding: that these hotels if they operate properly form its possible to check the state huge financial profits, in addition to running thousands of the workforce and to attract foreign tourists who contribute Bdech For the hard currency of the country, which stimulates the movement of the city 's business and reflect positively on the economic situation of the people of the provinces, especially the province of Karbala.
On the other hand , suggests director of a hotel five - star in Karbala Ashraf building, to the need to change the idea of hotel management in Iraq , especially in the provinces , which is rich in religious events holy Kkrblane, stressing that the Baron Hotel in Karbala , which is under the five star rating and is working with international standards, and therefore is under the telescope for many investors, who are watching you can for this hotel , which features a high service of success or not, and if successful, all existing investors around the world will have fully prepared to come to Iraq and in Karbala specifically to open hotels with international standards, which will make One centimeter in the province of the most expensive parts of the world, but this also requires that there be help from the responsible parties in the government.
Amara also confirms, that the province of Karbala has religious visits , seasonal and even semi - permanent , sometimes, as enjoying Bsaahh relics also has other tourist elements can be used to revive the province and make it the place of attraction for many foreign investors, and can these hotels contribute to the recovery of the Iraqi economy in general , and to maintain , in particular, especially since the hotel is not only for hotel service, they consume food, towels, blankets and gas cleaners and other equipment, which means that we can occupy factories, laboratories, citizens and farms, and even occupy the hands of the worker more than we imagine, if u Late all these aspects in the country, and we can reduce the unemployment rate spread among young people, raising the country 's economy dramatically and flows into the state treasury huge money, but so we can contribute Ptsouk industrial and agricultural products important in the country of Iraq such as date palm which is one of the finest types of dates in world, rice and other agricultural products, at the time of the tourist hotel pays the expenses it enters the country 's hard currency through the purchase of gifts and goods manufactured locally.
Shows, so with the wise management of the hotel sector in the province and in the country in general Snnct tourist and industrial movement and agriculture at the same time , even prices of hotels that some see today 's high may go down in front of Iqbal , the great tourist on these areas, which generates competition between the hotels we have been able to We operate dozens of them, but now I'm an owner hotel, is forced to raise the price of the hotel because the turnout rate for low hotel expenses high, so that these expenses must cover me from the price increase.
Economic expert on behalf of Antoine, in turn , confirms in an interview (range), the reality of hotels in Iraq, especially in the religious provinces which are hotels in the forefront of needs to a great renaissance, adding, here to talk not about the only buildings but also for the service provided in those hotels, do is really first class even in the five star hotels? Replying but unfortunately, we can not say that there is characterized by the standard five - star in Iraq hotels, except some very ones a few, we are in Iraq lacking competencies in the management of hotels and cadres tourist do not have experience, which there must be a re - classification of these hotels with follow - up and control permanent.
Antoine continues by saying: When we enter the hotels in Iraq today, especially in the religious provinces Kkrblane and Najaf, we do not find a cadre of specialized personnel from tourism graduates, because based on this sector are not searching for certification and experience, but the hotel turned into a self - interest to achieve only profits, at a time Tourism and Hotels Association must sponsor this process, especially since there is the World Tourism Organization and Iraq Vice President of it, so why not take advantage of their observations and experience in this field, he said , adding: Karbala is headed by the hotel sector person who is not the advantage of efficient and not a jurisdiction of , how hotels can be thrive and t He found her management specialist familiar with the experiences of other countries and efficient in this area of work.
He went on saying: Yes , today is trying to hoteliers in the visits time to impose abnormal prices because no limits or controls or even a good control over the work of those hotels, at a time when we are not the only ones in the classification of hotels and there are international standards, and when there is a degree five - star hotel or four or three stars, have each one of which has certain standards and specifications must be provided to do his job, and when the hotel owner of those criteria does not apply in the workbook hotel be fined and punished, but even construction of hotels must be done according to a program and not chaotic, but also paid that must be provided necessary support for hotels , such as providing electricity supplies Permanently or provide fuel for generators at discounted prices, and the tax should exempt them hotels for a certain period to recover their status.
He concludes by saying: Today we have a monopoly on religious tourism in Iraq, at a time when there are Arab and foreign investors want to invest hotels in Iraq, as is a successful and profitable but should this sector is growing from all aspects , whether the construction of hotels and development must be built for the long term high safety standards.
The province of Karbala, is among the most prominent cities of religious tourism in the world, frequented by visitors from different Arab and foreign countries, to visit the shrine of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas (peace be upon them), and other religious shrines therein, and includes sites and monuments group, most notably the Palace Ukhaydir (40 km west debtor center), and the caves of Tar (15 km west of the city center as well), and Razaza (7 west of the city center km), and the eyes of mineral water, short and church, and the Palace of Simeon in the district of Ain al- Tamur (90 km west of the city center) , as well as Khan Nekhaila on the road between Karbala and Najaf (10 km south of the city center), and Khan Attaha in Husseiniya area (9 km east of the city center).

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