• Many tourists are visiting Iraq from Gulf countries. Defying warnings against travel, a rising number are also trickling in from Europe and the US. Reuters
    Many tourists are visiting Iraq from Gulf countries. Defying warnings against travel, a rising number are also trickling in from Europe and the US. Reuters
  • They come to see attractions ranging from vast desert and marshland ecosystems to ruins of the world's earliest cities. Reuters
    They come to see attractions ranging from vast desert and marshland ecosystems to ruins of the world's earliest cities. Reuters
  • Lorin and Galton Lenie, French tourists on their first visit to Iraq, sit in a local home during a tour of the marshes in Nasiriyah. Reuters
    Lorin and Galton Lenie, French tourists on their first visit to Iraq, sit in a local home during a tour of the marshes in Nasiriyah. Reuters
  • Anna Nikolaevna, 38, a Russian, and Jacob Nemec, 29, an American, during a tour in the ancient city of Babylon. Reuters
    Anna Nikolaevna, 38, a Russian, and Jacob Nemec, 29, an American, during a tour in the ancient city of Babylon. Reuters
  • Lorin and Galton Lenie go on a tour of the marshes, accompanied by a guide, in a type of boat called a mashouf. Reuters
    Lorin and Galton Lenie go on a tour of the marshes, accompanied by a guide, in a type of boat called a mashouf. Reuters
  • Anna Nikolaevna and Jacob Nemec during a tour in the palace of Saddam Hussein. Reuters
    Anna Nikolaevna and Jacob Nemec during a tour in the palace of Saddam Hussein. Reuters
  • Lorin, on the tour with her husband Galton, takes a selfie with a girl from the Marsh Arab community. Reuters
    Lorin, on the tour with her husband Galton, takes a selfie with a girl from the Marsh Arab community. Reuters
  • Ali Hilal, a travel blogger and social media influencer, takes a selfie with a statue in Baghdad. Reuters
    Ali Hilal, a travel blogger and social media influencer, takes a selfie with a statue in Baghdad. Reuters

MENA

Iraq's flourishing tourism sector unveils cultural treasures and beauty - in pictures

Visitors travel to the country to see one of Saddam Hussein's palaces and the ancient city of Babylon

The National

August 01, 2023

  • English
  • Arabic
Updated: August 01, 2023, 9:22 AM
Iraq