Projects in Tourism

TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL SECTOR

God granted Thi-Qar governorate a natural distinction: the presence of open shallow waters (marshes), and these areas are regarded among the most beautiful of the world’s areas. They can be a great center for attracting tourists due to the enchanting nature and other distinctions. This place has now become the focus of most international companies that hopes to invest the nature of these shallow waters to set up large tourist resorts.

Also, the governorate is full of a large number of archeological sites the most important of which is the ancient Ur city southwest of Nasiriyya city which includes the Sumerian Ziggurat, one of the oldest relics in the world. The date of its building goes back to the dawn of the Sumerian ancestry 6000 years ago. This city also includes the house of Prophet Abraham (peace with him) which is located near the Ziggurat. This place in particular is regarded as a tourist magnet due to being regarded as holy by most Unitarian religions.

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TOURIST AND RECREATIONAL SECTOR

#	Opportunity	Admin. Unit	Location	Area	Project Description
1	Tourist hotel	Nasiriyya	City Center – on banks of Euphrates River	14236 sm¹	Build tourist hotel i modern design suitable for its very distinctive location
2	Jazeera amusement town	Nasiriyya	Near conjoined garage	40 donums	Operate site by adding various recreational activities
3	Tourist resort	Nasiriyya	Nasiriyya city center	30 donums	Build recreational resort having wedding town, occasions hall, 5-star hotel
4	Tourist city	Nasiriyya	City center – Siphon Thi-Qar	90 donums	Integrated tourist town located at Siphon location (intersection of main downstream with Euphrates River
5	Floating restaurant	Nasiriyya	On Euphrates River banks	500 sm	Build restaurant & boat berth on Euphrates River banks in modern urban design
6	Tourist restaurant in Bad`a	Shatra	Within municipal borders	45000 sm	Build recreational tourist resort in advanced modern designs
7	Restaurant, casino and children’s playgrouds	Shatra	Within municipal borders	864 sm	Build tourist restaurant according to modern designs
8	Yukha tourist resort	Shatra	Within municipal borders	2000 donums	Build tourist resort suitable for distinctive location
9	Zuhoor park and boat berth	Shatra	Within municipal borders	24000 sm	Recreational park and berth on Shatra River bank
10	Sports complex	Shatra	Within municipal borders	19,920 sm	Build recreational sports club
11	Amusement town	Suq al- Shyookh	Within municipal borders	17 donums	Build diversified amusement town
12	Tourist hotel	Rifaee	Within municipal borders	2600 sm	Build modern hotel meeting need of companies investing in oil and other sectors in county
13	Amusement town	Rifaee	Within municipal borders	47100 sm	Build diversified amusement town to fill shortage in recreational projects
14	Amusement town	Gharraf	Within municipal borders		Build diversified amusement town to fill shortage in recreational projects
15	Tourist resort	Islah	Outside municipal borders – Abu Zark Shallow Lake	100 donums	Site contains modern service installations, needs investor to operate site
16	Cornice and boat berth	Bathaa	within municipal borders	6 donums	Site is on banks of Euphrates River
17	Amusement town	Dawaya	Outside municipal borders	7.5 donums	Build new amusement town
18	Amusement town	Fuhood	within municipal borders	40 donums	Build new amusement town
19	Tourist town	Chibayish	Outside municipal borders	30 donums	Build tourist town due to the nature that distinguishes county where marshes drink of waters of Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
20	Amusement town	Chibayish	Outside municipal borders	20 donums	Build new amusement town
21	Nasr district Cornice development project	Nasr	within municipal borders	4 donums	Set up recreational activities on banks of Gharraf River
22	Tourist resort and amusement town	Nasr	within municipal borders	96 donums	Build tourist resort on banks of Gharraf River where site is distinctive for attractive natural scenery