Service & Tourism Industry
The tourism industry is fast growing segment of the Kurdistan Region’s economy. Hotels are being built across the Kurdistan Region and more tourists are visiting Kurdistan to explore the mountains, the archeological and historical site. A number of foreign tour companies are operating visitor tours.
Iraqi Kurdistan is a region with stunning natural sites and is dominated by gorgeous mountains, waterfalls, and rivers, and a beautiful countryside. Kurdistan is rich in history and includes such archeological sites as the Sumerian-built citadel known as ‘Qalat’ in Erbil, the infamous Shanidar cave where Neanderthals first buried their dead with flowers, the Zoroastrian and Assyrian sites in Dohuk, what is believed to be the home of the biblical ‘Three Wise Men’ in Amadiyah, the Delal bridge from the Roman Era in Zakho, and many more.
