The central Baghdad square where Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is about to give a speech on tourism is surrounded by exactly the kinds of historic buildings tourists will want to see ...

Eco-tourism comes to Iraq - but will the green travellers follow? Conservationists believe sustainable holidays could help with the mammoth task of saving the country’s environment “I want to organise ...

Pakistan and Iraq are ready to connect people, faith and trade with a new ferry service connecting Gwadar Port in Pakistan with Umm Qasr Port in Iraq. This Pakistan and Iraq initiative comes following ...

On its first visit to a European travel fair in more than a decade, Iraq is attending World Travel Market in London with its partner Dunira Strategy to investigate market development opportunities.

BAGHDAD, July 11 (Reuters) - When Jacob Nemec's family heard he was planning to go on holiday in Iraq, they pleaded with the 28-year-old American to reconsider. "I got a text from my grandma for the ...

Five years after the defeat of IS, the first group of tourists visits the Hatra archaeological site in north Iraq — Zaid AL-OBEIDI Strolling along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq's north, dozens of ...

Hussein Haroun has been working as a tour guide in Iraq for almost two years. The first months on the job the majority of clients were Iraqis, taking advantage of a return to security following the ...

But the area around Saray Square also bears the scars of Iraq's more recent history, which has kept tourists away for years. Just down the road from the square is Muttannabi Street. In 2007, a car ...

Strolling along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq's north, dozens of visitors admired the site, where local initiatives seek to turn over a new leaf after a brief but brutal jihadist rule. Designated ...