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40 thousand tourists celebrated the New Year festivals in Kurdistan
On: Tue 03/01/2012 8:23
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media director said the Tourism Authority of the Kurdistan region, said that more than 40 thousand tourists went to Kurdistan in order to participate in the celebrations of New Year's Day, pointing out that tourists are making returns to the territory of a rate of 200-300 dollars per tourist.
The rare Rusty that "Kurdistan region received during the past two days, Friday and Saturday, more than 40 thousand tourists in order to participate in the celebrations of New Year's Day 2012."
He pointed out that "the majority of tourists come from areas of Iraq Central and South America, compared with the number of tourists the same period last year, the number has doubled four times, during the celebrations of New Year's Day 2011 received the Region 10 thousand tourists."
continued Rusty said, "According to preliminary estimates, the all the tourists bring in revenue to the Kurdistan region at 200-300 U.S. dollars. "
, said President of the restaurants and hotels Kurdistan Hersh Hamad said that "all the hotels, motels and resorts operated fully throughout the territory of Kurdistan during the celebrations of the festivals of New Year's Day."
He that "the region can accommodate about 50 thousand tourists," he said, adding that "there are 200 tourist hotel, and 165 hotels, popular, and 116 Motejla tourist and 52 Motejla popular and 43 tourist village in the province of Kurdistan."
pointed out that the cities of the Kurdistan region receives at this time each year, thousands of tourists to participate in the New Year celebrations, as citizens head for Christians and Muslims from the various cities of Iraq to the region to concerts and conducting rituals in ceremonial occasions, due to security and stability enjoyed by the region.
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