واقع استثمار السياحة في أهوار جنوب العراق و أثارها في تشغيل الأيدي العاملة

The investment of tourism in the marshes of southern Iraq is an attractive factor for tourists and satisfaction of their desires in terms of visiting the various natural places, and identify the topography and vegetation and wildlife, as well as identify communities living deep in the marshes in order to identify their customs and traditions. The marshes are one of the world's largest wetlands and rich in biodiversity, stretching across the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates, and the inhabitants of the Marshlands live in reed-built houses that have long been built on islands in deep marshes. These islands have developed into cities and villages, including in Maysan (Upper Hungary and Al-Kahla), and in Dhi Qar (Chabaish, Fohud, Hamar) and other cities. In the province of Basra, these islands have developed and become economically important (Al-Madina, Hawair). The Marshlands of Iraq have significant economic resources. They are rich in plant animal, waterfowl and fish resources that the Marshlands depend on for their livelihoods as well as their archaeological sites. Therefore, the importance of investing natural resources in the marshes for tourism purposes, especially that one of the most negative in Iraq is not to exploit nature reserves in the country for tourism purposes. Therefore, the reality of the marshes is characterized by attracting tourism from all over the world in order to obtain the economic return and the operation of many manpower and in various fields that serve the tourism sector, as well as interest in the tourism sector, especially in the southern areas (marshes) will reduce poverty through Reduce the phenomenon of unemployment spread in the marshes, and this leads to the recovery of the marshes through the mixing of tourist culture with the culture of ancient Iraq in the southern marshes, and increase cultural awareness among residents of the southern marshlands. Therefore, the investment of the tourism sector is one of the main sectors that are no less important than other economic sectors because of the characteristic of this sector in the operation of large numbers of residents of tourist areas