By John Lee. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has reportedly committed a grant of $1 billion to build a sports city in Iraq. A high level Saudi delegation traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday for meetings with Iraqi officials on trade and investment. (Sources: Arab News, Reuters)
Archive | Leisure and Tourism in Iraq
Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments and opportunities in leisure and tourism industries in Iraq.
Iraq gives Iranians Visas Free of Charge
By Editor on 3rd April 2019 in Iraq Industry & Trade News, Iraq Transportation News, Leisure and Tourism in Iraq
Iraq on Monday began issuing entry visa for Iranians free of charge in a reciprocal move under a deal reached three weeks ago. As of Monday, Iranians travelling to Iraq could obtain visa free of charge. The Iraqi cabinet of ministers said the decision that took effect on April 1 has been made as a […]
Real Madrid plans to open Iraqi Soccer Academy
By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received a delegation from the Spanish Real Madrid Club March 21 to discuss joint sports projects in Iraq. The delegation’s visit was welcomed by not […]
New Iraq-Saudi Border Crossing to be Hi-Tech
By Editor on 1st April 2019 in Iraq Industry & Trade News, Iraq Transportation News, Leisure and Tourism in Iraq
By John Lee. The General Company for Land Transport (GCLT) has held a meeting with its Saudi Arabian counterpart to discuss the opening of the Arar border crossing between the two countries. According to a statement from Iraq’s Ministry of Transport, the participants stressed the importance of the new border facility for commercial trade and […]
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A Refreshing View of Iraq …
By John Lee. Christian Lindgren, from Norway, has gathered a facinating collection of photographs on a recent trip to Iraq. With his permission, we are delighted to reproduce some of them here; you can view the full album at: https://www.unusualtraveler.com/
NIC hosts Workshop on Hotels and Tourism
By John Lee. Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC) has hosted a workshop on investing in the tourism sector and hotels business in Iraq. The event was prepared in cooperation with the US Department of Commerce and the US Embassy in Baghdad, and was attended by the heads of the five-star hotels in Baghdad and other […]
Baghdad’s Quality of Living Ranking …
By Editor on 18th March 2019 in Iraq Public Works News, Leisure and Tourism in Iraq, Politics, Security
By John Lee. Baghdad has again been ranked as the city with the world’s worst quality of living, according to the Mercer 2019 Quality of Living Survey. Just ahead of it in the table of 231 cities are Bangui in the Central African Republic and Sana’a in Yemen. Vienna again retains the top spot; Zurich […]
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Saudi delegation visits Baghdad to discuss new Football Stadium
By John Lee. A delegation from the Saudi Arabian government reportedly arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss the construction of a 100,000-seater football stadium. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman promised last March to build a football stadium in Iraq. According to some reports, it was later announced that Saudi Arabia would increase the number of […]
Rotana announces Five-Star Hotel in Baghdad
By John Lee. UAE-based Rotana Hotels has signed a hotel management agreement with Al Ibaa Company to operate a five-star property in Baghdad. Effective 1 February 2019, Rotana will operate the city’s famed Babylon Hotel under its new brand name Babylon Rotana Baghdad. With a prime location next to the high-security Green Zone, close to […]
Docomo Digital, Zain launch Mobile Gaming in Iraq
By John Lee. Docomo Digital, part of Japan’s NTT Docomo, has said it is launching a mobile gaming platform with Zain Iraq, giving more than 16 million subscribers the ability to access hundreds of titles using direct carrier billing on monthly phone bills. Zain Games’ GamEmpire is a bundle of native and HTML5 games that […]
Kurdistan Tourism to “Double” by 2025
By John Lee. The head of Iraqi Kurdistan’s Board of Tourism has reportedly said that tourism is expected to “approach” 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. Mawlawi Jabar Wahab told Rudaw that this would be roughly double the sector’s current size. Visitor numbers are now beginning to climb once more, topping three […]
7m Iranians, Iraqis Visit Each Other’s Country Annually
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the fact that each year, 7 million Iraqis and Iranians visit each other’s country is a sign of the two neighboring countries’ close ties. Speaking at a meeting with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi in Baghdad on Monday, attended by the chairmen of the Iraqi parliamentary factions, Zarif […]