BAGHDAD, IRAQ – First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohsen Al-Mandalawi said that the tourism sector in Iraq has all the ingredients for success.
Al-Mandalawi made the statement while meeting with the Association of Travel and Tourism Companies in Iraq, a statement issues by the media office of the First Deputy Speaker said.
“Al-Mandalawi met with the administrative body of the Association of Tourism and Travel Companies in Iraq and discussed with them a number of important issues related to the work of travel and tourism companies in Iraq,” the statement said. Â
Al-Mandalawi pointed out that “the tourism sector in Iraq has all the ingredients for success, and it needs to invest correctly and effectively” for a new phase.
He expressed his “readiness to provide full support for the success of the work of the Association of Travel and Tourism Companies in Iraq.”
He also described the tourism sector as “great wealth”.
Al-Mandalawi called on “the concerned authorities to focus on this promising sector in order to diversify the country’s national income sources and not focus on the oil resource only.”
 The head of the Association of Travel and Tourism Companies in Iraq Haider Amer Al-Dujaili said that the aim of “the visit is to raise a number of issues that enhance and serve the work of tourism and travel companies, overcoming obstacles, finding administrative and legal solutions.”
He asked for laws which would help activate the tourism sector.