Articles tagged “iraq”

U.S. Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump Travel Ban

Jason Clampet, Skift

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.

Opinion: Open Your Travel Horizons With Banned Country Dinners

Colin Nagy, Skift

I can't think of a more delicious way to take a stand.

What Trump’s Muslim Visa Ban Looks Like From the Middle East

Ladane Nasseri and Zainab Fattah, Bloomberg

The next four years will be difficult for the travel industry if it has no idea where the insane ideas of an unhinged leader will take us.

Iraq Closes Airport in Its Second Largest City With No Explanation

Reuters

With no information on the length of the closure, which will impact flights in nearby Jordan, Turkey, and the UAE, airlines and airports can not respond to the delays exacerbating the closure's regional impact.

Can a New Airport Help Iraq Revive its Tourism Industry?

Khalid Al-Ansary and Deena Kamel Yousef, Bloomberg

Iraq's stability is an essential part of a Middle East that works, and its optimism in the face of what would lead others to be decidedly un-optimistic is inspiring.

Iraq Seeks Threefold Boost to Tourism Despite Recent Deadly Violence

Daily Telegraph

Iraq can limit its tourism efforts to relatively stable and safe areas of the country, but it will still have to work on the suboptimal infrastructure that exists nationwide.

As Iraq’s troubles continue, Kurdish region building a $2 billion resort

Khalid-Al-Ansary, Nayla Razzouk, Bloomberg

Iraqi Kurdistan has been a peaceful region in spite of larger overall trouble, and is now going through a tourism boom.

What it’s like to run a travel agency specializing in visits to Iraq

Ellen Creager, Detroit Free Press

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.

Iraq lays out plans to rebuild its devastated rail network

Reuters

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.

Iraqi Kurdistan breaks out as an emerging tourism hotspot in a troubled region

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.

FAA lifts a 16-year ban to allow U.S. commercial airlines to fly to Iraq

Alan Levin, Bloomberg

The lifting of the 16-year ban sets off a domino effect as the return of U.S. airlines leads to a building boom by U.S. hoteliers and the eventual arrival of tourists – likely culminating in an improved Iraqi economy.