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Airlines
The new week brings a relative stabilization after a tense weekend, however many airlines are still avoiding parts of the region.
Gordon Smith | 1 week ago
Tourism
Iraq is trying to create a Suez Canal alternative for the transport of goods, but if the project ever comes to fruition, then tourists may benefit, as well.
Reuters | 11 months ago
This is good news for travel and tourism, but what travelers and business leaders are looking for here is some semblance of consistency by the U.S. on who can come into the U.S. and how.
Jason Clampet, Skift | 7 years ago
I can't think of a more delicious way to take a stand.
Colin Nagy, Skift | 7 years ago
Hotels
Iraqi Kurdistan has been a peaceful region in spite of larger overall trouble, and is now going through a tourism boom.
Khalid-Al-Ansary, Nayla Razzouk, Bloomberg | 11 years ago
When people speak of the health of the travel agent profession, they're speaking about agencies like this which produce a specialized product that even the best efforts of Priceline and Expedia couldn't match.
Ellen Creager, Detroit Free Press | 11 years ago
Ground Transport
Money and security are enormous obstacles to surmount, but Iraq -- unlike the country that helped it throw off its dictator -- understands the value of rail in ensuring a stable society.
Reuters | 11 years ago
The regional/local tourist boom will help, though international tourism will still be some ways off, dependent on overcoming the image of being part of a troubled region.
Skift | 11 years ago