The Tourism Development Strategy in the Anbar Governorate

Abstract

Objectives: In order to enhance the Anbar Governorate’s tourism industry, the study seeks to identify the region’s natural resources, human workforce, and its tourism infrastructure. It also looks into possibilities for making the best use of such resources.
 Methods: The study uses a variety of research techniques such as the quantitative analytic method, field study, and the descriptive as well as deductive approaches. The study is divided into two sections: the first addresses the general features of the current situation of the tourism industry, while the second focuses on the Governorate of Anbar’s approach to dealing with that situation and improving it.
 Results: The study shows that the development strategy can be applied in the Governorate of Anbar due to the diversity of the existing tourist activities. Many activities are connected with the river, waterfront, and lake; folklore and antiquities; and popular industries such as waterwheel manufacturing in Hit and Haditha, places which completely differ from others mentioned in this study.
 Conclusions: The study concludes with showing the importance of tourism as an effective economic component in any place where that activity is practiced. In addition, identifying and classifying the constituents of tourism in the Anbar Governorate helps promote the tourism sector in general. In short, despite the existence of such constituents, there is a clear flaw in the process of making use of them in supporting tourism-related activities.