Basra in southern Iraq would be the perfect place to restore it through tourism. Economic opportunity was stripped from the Iraqi people at the onset of the war.

Iraq dusts off its religious and archaeological sites to lure tourists. Nov. 9, 2009 — -- Envision yourself standing on the edge of the first settlement known to man, or taking a stroll ...

As it trundles down busy roads, the minibus packed with tourists would be unremarkable except for two things -- its passengers are Westerners and the city they are in is Baghdad.

Iraq wants to diversify its economy away from oil and toward tourism. Although Western travelers have made headlines in once-dangerous Iraq of late, it's probably Arab tourists who will boost ...

NAJAF, Iraq — The government is be in Baghdad and the oil reserves in Basra, but the smaller city of Najaf, halfway between Iraq’s two centers of power, has a treasure that could be the envy ...

Its farming sector has been devastated while its once famous tourism industry has floundered. Some 40% of Basra’s estimated population of 1.4 million lives in poverty, while unemployment is soaring.

A stampede outside a soccer stadium in the southern Iraqi city of Basra killed at least one person on Thursday after fans who had been sold fake tickets for a prestigious regional tournament ...

Exact numbers are hard to come by because of the different ways visitor numbers are collected in Iraq but last year tourism authorities said 400,000 internationals had come for cultural or leisure ...