{"id":403129,"date":"2026-02-10T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=403129"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:01:13","slug":"iraq-plans-to-attract-10-million-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/iraq-plans-to-attract-10-million-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq plans to attract 10 million tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Iraqi Tourism Council is developing, in coordination with the German organization Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/ina.iq\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe strategy, developed in cooperation with the German organization GIZ, aims to attract 10 million foreign tourists by 2035 to visit archaeological sites in Iraq,\u201d said the council\u2019s official spokesperson, Ali Yassin, to INA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Yassin, the country\u2019s 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\u2019s archaeological and heritage sites, with the adoption of sustainability principles in this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis 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,\u201d Yassin explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the spokesperson, several of the country\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/after-census-iraq-to-launch-population-programs\/\">After census, Iraq to launch population programs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-403121\">\u00a9Asaad Niazi\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq\u2019s tourism council is working with the German agency GIZ to develop a plan aimed at encouraging foreign visitors to explore the country\u2019s archaeological sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":403121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[14881,591,9692,2247,30322],"class_list":{"0":"post-403129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-archaeological-sites","9":"tag-iraq","10":"tag-tourism-en","11":"tag-tourists","12":"tag-turistas-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Iraq\u2019s tourism council is working with the German agency GIZ to develop a plan aimed at encouraging foreign visitors to explore the country\u2019s archaeological sites.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}