Iraqi PM Sudani visits tourist areas in Kurdistan Region

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, along with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) president Masoud Barzani, embarked on an unofficial visit to tourist areas within the Soran administration of the Kurdistan Region.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, along with KDP leader Masoud Barzani and other officials from the Iraqi cabinet, embarked on a visit to tourist areas within the Soran administration of the Kurdistan Region. pic.twitter.com/BTQnvFu9B9
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Barzan Mohammed, Director of Tourism in Soran, told Kurdistan24 that President Barzani, accompanied by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, visited the tourist areas of the Soran Autonomous Administration.

The purpose of the visit was to explore the tourism sector in the Kurdistan Region and assess its productivity.

Amidst the soaring temperatures in various parts of Iraq, a significant influx of local tourists from central and southern regions has arrived in the Kurdistan Region to escape the summer heat.

The tourism authority recently announced that more than six million tourists in total visited the Kurdistan Region in 2022.

The KRG has proposed plans to further boost the tourism sector as an alternative to diversify its reliance on hydrocarbon revenues. The plan includes an eight-year-long strategy to attract 20 million tourists annually.

The government launched an electronic visa application system early in 2023 in a bid to facilitate investment and tourists traffic into the Kurdish region.