Tourism is entering the recovery phase and the Iraqis are getting to Syria for cheap prices

Tourism is entering the recovery phase and the Iraqis are getting to Syria for cheap prices


Baghdad -
The General Director of the Department of tourist groups in the Ministry of Culture, Mahmoud al-Zaidi that Iraq has 700 companies licensed operating in all countries of the world, including what is in Syria, indicating that Iraq is entered by about 5 million tourists annually, that the revenues received estimated nearly Of five billion dollars. "

Al-Zaidi said in a statement to the «Journal», that "the global accounts of tourism estimates the income of each tourist thousand dollars, and thus we have a huge number of tourism revenues, noting that the volatile security situation, cast a shadow on tourism in Iraq and after the end of the battles to liberate Mosul and the status of peace And to achieve security stability there will be a rise in the proportion of tourists and the achievement of financial revenue. "

Al-Zaidi added that "the Tourism Authority has worked to simplify the procedures in front of visitors to visit the holy sites because we have a good religious tourism and refreshed, but we aspire to develop, such as have the entry and aviation, and there is an increasing movement on her visit, pointing out that the most important obstacles facing tourism In Iraq is the lack of infrastructure and weakness in the understanding of the overall atmosphere of tourism and the nature of dealing with foreign tourists and this weakness is a societal understanding of the nature of tourism to join the global catch in the way of providing tourism service.

"The tourism in the region is refreshing and stable and differs from the center and south, because the region enjoys security and political stability and the completion of infrastructure, which is the basis for the work of tourism, and the Center today and through the circle of tourist groups is in full coordination with companies and tourism agencies in Kurdistan to overcome all the difficulties in front of Tourism companies in the region and the center, pointing out that work is continuing to unify visions and develop work in Kurdistan and the center. "

"The road between Iraq, Syria and Jordan is a vital and vital step to revitalize tourism between the two countries, especially religious tourism," said tourism expert Majid al-Azzawi.

Al-Azzawi said in a statement to «Journal News», that "the road road is a cheaper route compared to the air transport lines, and then we have a tourism refreshed, pointing out that Iraq is currently dependent on the line of foreign tourism, To countries such as Lebanon, Turkey, Syria and Iran, and not to incoming tourism because of the country's conditions that prompted it to be a source of tourism. "
"Syria - Beirut - Iraq is an ideal and vital route for tourists. We not only have holy places in Karbala, Najaf and Samarra, but also Syria, which has also affected the war.

For his part, member of the Committee on Tourism and Antiquities Parliamentary Faleh Hassan said in a statement to the «Journal News», that "there are Iraqi companies working in Syria because religious tourism is active in Iraq and Syria, despite the volatile situation in the two countries, but we are witnessing the influx of Syrian tourists to Iraq to visit the holy shrines. "

He added that "Iraq has recorded a remarkable increase in the number of tourists to visit the holy shrines in the pilgrimage season in particular, pointing out that there is a difference in the number of arrivals from one year to another and this is known through airports, border crossings and hotels, and registered entry of 4 million Iranians In the four-week visit, with an amount of about $ 75, and then $ 300 million in financial revenue was made available to the federal budget. "

"The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Iran and through its cooperation with the Iraqi Tourism Authority recorded a daily 15 thousand visitors in addition to the two expatriates from the Arabian Gulf, as well as natural tourism," noting that "the support of tourism to enter Iraq list of world heritage."

"The security situation plays a role in activating the tourism movement and the committee in contact with the bodies and committees in security and defense to achieve security and create the right atmosphere for tourism, and Iraq broadcast a positive message about the establishment of security, especially after liberation for most areas of control and the need to keep up with the media coverage Calculated for national tourism ".

Hassan pointed out that "the tourism companies in the center on the cooperation with large companies of the region through the tourist cruises from the center and south to the Kurdistan region and vice versa, and there are weekly flights to the Chabaish marshes, and the airport has recorded a number of these flights.
In the same regard, the Syrian Minister of Tourism, Bisher Yazji, said that 75 Iraqi companies have been submitted to Syria to organize tourist trips.

He added to the agency "Sputnik" Russian, that the opening of the ground port with Iraq will have a significant reflection on the economic level, including the tourism sector, "as a result of the great progress achieved through the convergence of the Syrian and Iraqi armies."

He pointed out that the doors open to all companies in Iraq to cooperate with them, especially that the company has a plan to have agents to cover all areas of Iraq, within the framework of the expansion of its activities.

The Syrian army and its support forces with Russian support managed to reach the Iraqi border north-east of Al-Tanf, years after the terrorist organization "Da'ash" seized control of it.


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