Is Iraq Ready For Tourism?

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	Is Iraq Ready For Tourism?

Elisabeth Eaves

2-24-2009 3:42 PM

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Elisabeth Eaves says:

If Colombia can do it, maybe Iraq can too.

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2-24-2009 4:09 PM

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tourist infrastructure, set back thanks to the war of the past six years and
decades of neglect before then, is today in shambles. "We see it everyday: There
are just a handful of places where you can do events," says the U.S. military's
Cmdr. Gerard Shanley, who is a senior liaison to the Ministry of State for
Tourism and Antiquities. "The economy is continuing to expand while security
improves. But Iraq
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traveled to Najaf as part of World Tourism Week, they were disappointed to
learn that there were not enough hotel beds to lodge them. Instead, the
investors would have to go spend the two nights in Karbala, commuting back to Najaf for their
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