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's Ministry of Transport & Iraqi Airways launch an evacuation plan via Basra Airport to bring back stranded citizens, ...

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 ...

Emirates Airlines has announced an extension of its suspension of flights to Baghdad and Basra until Monday, June 30, due to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...