DirectoryMix Web Resources » Article Details

Iraq banks on religious travel - Read More

Date Added: May 16, 2008 06:36:02 AM
These days, tourism in Iraq is a matter of faith. Literally. Five years after the U.S. invasion, nearly all its tourists are Shiite pilgrims from Iran flocking to holy sites. In contrast, the Iraq Tourism Board has no offices in the USA and no immediate plans to woo intrepid Westerners.

Category: Travel » Tours


No comments are posted yet


 
Name:*
Email:*
Website:  (optional)
Comment:*
(html and bb codes are filtered and not allowed)

Do the math:*CAPTCHA - Do The Math
 

Related Articles

River tours floweth over

If you're planning a white-water rafting trip this summer, you might want to consider packing cowboy boots and a yoga mat. They could come in handy if you're embarking on a specialty trip with one of Colorado's dozens of rafting outfitters.

Former police officers tailor private tours of London

LONDON – If you want the skinny on a city, ask a police officer. In this case, it's two former officers – brothers, one of them a part-time Texan – whose small private touring company serves London and southern and eastern England.

Trusted Tours and Attractions' June Contest Rewards Summer Travelers and Bloggers for Sharing Their Vacation Ideas

Trusted Tours.com, discount tour and attraction ticket company, is offering summer travelers and bloggers the chance to win a Handheld GPS in their new June contest. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prwe

TripWizards.com Helps Restore Travel Freedom to Asia

TripWizards.com knows the Asian travel field quite well: overcrowded with escorted tours companies, group travel operators, or fixed-departure online travel providers. They all have one thing in common: limited choices and seriously impaired freedom of tr

Short stay US scenic tours to het cheaper

More than 30 percent of tourists choose Hawaii as their first destination in the United States, while another 30 percent opt for a whistle stop package tour of the entire country, according to an online survey carried out by Ctrip.com, China's major onli