أثر الاستثمار السياحي في تنويع مصادر الدخل في العراق للسنوات (2000-2015)‎

Abstract EN

Iraq has unique diverse tourist wealth .It is the cradle of civilization that left its traces on the human heritage, as it is characterized by the rich geography and diverse bio climate, which is an attraction for entertainment tourism in addition to the presence of so many holy shrines which attracts religious tourism factor, but because the Iraq conditions of wars and exposure to international terrorism the extent of the government's orientation to this sector is limited relied solely on oil revenues.

Despite everything, religious tourism has remained popular during the period of study and accredit has relied on the existence of a positive impact of tourism revenues and non-oil GDP using koyck model .The study concluded that there a direct correlation between tourism revenue and GDP therefore this requires giving a prominent role and great importance to tourism to generate income through the visa facilities and involving the private sector where, as well as linking Iraq to neighboring countries with modern quick transport, railways, marine and road in addition to development infrastructure in Iraq.

Key words: tourism investment, tourism revenue, gross domestic product without oil, koyck model.