Baghdad-INA
The Tourism Authority of the Ministry of Culture announced the move to establish two tourist resorts in the city of Ur in Dhi Qar Governorate and the Hamrin Dam in Diyala, and while the map of the most prominent tourist places in Iraq showed, it confirmed the trend to add Lake Sawa to it through a new project. .
Muayad Haitham Rasan, Director General of Inspection and Follow-up in the Authority, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Tourism Authority has begun to follow up all tourist facilities in Baghdad and all governorates through the presence of Habbaniyah Lake ready for work, Baghdad tourist island, other tourist facilities, game cities and resorts," noting, " We have proven its readiness to receive Iraqi arrivals to these tourist facilities."
He added, "The Tourism Authority contributed to assisting all tourist facilities through business automation with the general tax, which reduced taxes in the tourism sector in support of them," pointing out that "the Tourism Authority is determined to be the funder of all the contents of tourist facilities to reduce costs and support the industry." patriotism and its working hands.
He stated that "the Tourism Authority has coordinated with all security forces to preserve the safety of visitors and travelers, and there is communication with all tourism security in Baghdad and the provinces," explaining that "there are tourist discounts and in coordination with travel companies that give some discounts to arrivals to visit holy shrines and tourist facilities.
He pointed out that "there are encouraging and discounted tourist offers, information about which can be obtained on the Tourism Authority's website, which provides everything a tourist needs," noting that "after the Gulf 25, it was an experience for us, as coordination was made with the border crossings and the doors of the border crossings were opened to the arrivals who viewed the The offers are from our site and our pages on the communication sites, and now the tourists continue to flow to Basra in large numbers.
He continued, "Iraq enjoys a rich tourist diversity between the picturesque nature, archaeological areas, sacred shrines, and religious places, all of which attract many tourists. For example, Lake Habbaniyah is distinguished by its nature and its lake, in addition to the presence of chalets for the overnight stay of expatriates. As for the Tigris village in Baghdad, it is distinguished by a fountain that resembles another found in Emirates, while other tourist facilities are distinguished by the presence of game cities.
He stated, "In the southern governorates, there is the city of Nasiriyah, and we are now in the process of rehabilitating the antiquities and establishing a tourist resort in coordination with the prime minister. There are many tourist attractions in Basra governorate, which extend in various areas, and Anbar has waterwheels, and Diyala has the Hamrin Dam, and it will have a tourist resort." in the next stage.”.