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Parliamentary Tourism attributes the lack of funds "visitor dollar" financial distress Exchange and the war against "terrorism"
3/30/15
Long-Presse / Baghdad
The Commission on Tourism and Antiquities Parliament on Monday, the importance of religious tourism in economic development and supplement the budget for Iraq, attributed the lack of funds "visitor dollar" exchange for the provinces concerned to financial distress experienced by the country and the war against "terrorism".
The head of the committee, Ali Mohammed Sharif, in an interview to the (long-Presse), said that "religious tourism from important sectors in providing the economic development and the budget, especially in light of the financial crisis that is currently affecting the country," returned that "the government is interested in this sector and is seeking to activation is and tourism in general. "
On the issue of visitor dollar demanded by the provinces, which hosts the holy shrines, the sheriff, that "the law was issued to that effect similar to petro-dollars, which gives the provinces producing oil," adding, "but the financial distress and the war against terrorism, were forced government to stop the amounts visitor dollar to the provinces Exchange concerned. "
It is noteworthy that religious tourism was very impressed with the organization after the invasion (Daash) for a number of the Iraqi provinces and regions, in (the tenth of June 2014 the past).
The religious tourism circuit in Najaf, confirmed in (the 19th of September 2014 the past), that the majority of the province Hotels, (160 km south of Baghdad), closed its doors due to the decline of Iranian visitors to nearly a fifth, compared with before Ramadan of that year, and " idle "private sector companies, expected to contribute to the month of Muharram, in the revitalization of the sector again, while Izzat Association of tourist hotels that" recession "to tourism adoption in Iraq" almost complete "on the Iranian visitors, and called for a strategy to activate this vital activity .
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3/30/15
Long-Presse / Baghdad
The Commission on Tourism and Antiquities Parliament on Monday, the importance of religious tourism in economic development and supplement the budget for Iraq, attributed the lack of funds "visitor dollar" exchange for the provinces concerned to financial distress experienced by the country and the war against "terrorism".
The head of the committee, Ali Mohammed Sharif, in an interview to the (long-Presse), said that "religious tourism from important sectors in providing the economic development and the budget, especially in light of the financial crisis that is currently affecting the country," returned that "the government is interested in this sector and is seeking to activation is and tourism in general. "
On the issue of visitor dollar demanded by the provinces, which hosts the holy shrines, the sheriff, that "the law was issued to that effect similar to petro-dollars, which gives the provinces producing oil," adding, "but the financial distress and the war against terrorism, were forced government to stop the amounts visitor dollar to the provinces Exchange concerned. "
It is noteworthy that religious tourism was very impressed with the organization after the invasion (Daash) for a number of the Iraqi provinces and regions, in (the tenth of June 2014 the past).
The religious tourism circuit in Najaf, confirmed in (the 19th of September 2014 the past), that the majority of the province Hotels, (160 km south of Baghdad), closed its doors due to the decline of Iranian visitors to nearly a fifth, compared with before Ramadan of that year, and " idle "private sector companies, expected to contribute to the month of Muharram, in the revitalization of the sector again, while Izzat Association of tourist hotels that" recession "to tourism adoption in Iraq" almost complete "on the Iranian visitors, and called for a strategy to activate this vital activity .
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