São Paulo – The Iraqi Tourism Council is developing, in coordination with the German organization Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a strategy to attract 10 million foreign tourists to the Arab country in the coming years, according to information published by Iraqi state news agency INA.
“The strategy, developed in cooperation with the German organization GIZ, aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists by 2035 to visit archaeological sites in Iraq,” said the council’s official spokesperson, Ali Yassin, to INA.
According to Yassin, the country’s tourism strategy, planned to be implemented through 2035, has also been updated through 2045. The plan includes the maintenance and restoration of all of Iraq’s archaeological and heritage sites, with the adoption of sustainability principles in this work.
“This sometimes involves seeking specialized expertise from countries that are advanced in this field, given the sensitivity of the work at archaeological sites and the need to preserve their historical identity,” Yassin explained.
According to the spokesperson, several of the country’s major archaeological sites are already undergoing maintenance and restoration, including Aqar Quf, the Abbasid Palace, and Taq Kasra. The Iraqi Museum will also undergo restoration, scheduled to begin on July 10, so that it can reopen to the public soon.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
