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announced a local company for near completion of the construction of a luxury hotel in Basra, using containers to ship goods left by U.S. and British forces, so instead of bricks and traditional building materials, an experience similar to the experiences in Japan, China and Britain.
said investor Fadel Jizani in an interview for "Alsumaria News "," The project provides for the establishment of a tourist hotel in the area Ataiwash located in the city center using 98 containers to ship goods instead of bricks and traditional building materials other, "noting that" the hotel rate achieved 80%, is scheduled to open in the next year, which is consists of a three-storey building containing 48 apartments, the area of each one 60 square meters, while the total area of the hotel's 2,500 square meters. "
He Jizani that "shipping containers mostly left by the occupation forces when its withdrawal, The cost of buying each one of them about ten thousand dollars" , adding that "the idea of creating a hotel of shipping containers came in line with the nature of the project, as the land is held by the hotel conducted for a period of ten years, and after this period it will be easy to dismantle the hotel, and set it in another place."
He investor visual done in 2005 converting an old ship into floating restaurant that "the hotel is similar in style construction hotels are located in Japan, China and Britain," explaining that "the project will contribute to put an end to the phenomenon of the lack of hotels in Basra."
, said head of the investment in Basra on Gaspe In an interview for "Alsumaria News", "conservative on the verge of building a number of large hotels form of investment, including two hotels currently under construction, as recently shown a Turkish company wanted to build hotel consists of 15 floors," adding that "the Commission is seeking to persuade more investors Iraqis and foreigners implementation of projects to build hotels specifications modern because of Basra facing a significant shortfall in the number of hotels. "
It is noteworthy that the province of Basra were there during the eighties nine tourist hotels of five and four stars, but some were closed for reasons, notably the economic recession that had prevailed during the nineties , and after 2003 turned hotel Shatt al-Arab heritage in the area of stronghold to the military headquarters of the Basra Operational Command, in what has become Hotel Arabian Gulf, located in the Algiers region, the headquarters of the military force, then vacated remained deserted, while the hotel Hamdan, which consists of 13 floors and is located in the publican It remained closed since emigrated owner outside the country.
Conversely been rehabilitated and the opening of the hotel (Sheraton) overlooking the Shatt al-Arab in 2010 effort investment done by the Company of the Kurdistan region, and is called (Hotel Basra International) for the non-linked company (Sheraton) global, while The Iraqi businessman to build hotels in the area Minawi Pasha at a cost of $ 15 million, and there are other projects under implementation requires building hotels, the hotels that their presence is concentrated in the region of the publican Most of them are small and old.
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