Manaʻo ʻo Iraq e lilo i wahi hotspot mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana i ka WTM Global Trends Report i kēia lā (Poakahi 8 Nowemapa).
Hōʻike ka hōʻike, i hui pū me Euromonitor International, ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka mākaʻikaʻi Iraqi me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mokulele a me ka hiki o ka hōkele ma hope o ka hele kūleʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka World Travel Market 2009 - kāna kipa mua ʻana i kahi hanana kālepa huakaʻi a me ka huakaʻi no 10 mau makahiki.
Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Iraq i kahi hanana huakaʻi nui a me nā hana kālepa mākaʻikaʻi ma WTM 2010 me ka manaʻo e kūkākūkā hou aʻe i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i kāna ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kaua ma 2003.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua huakaʻi aku ka ʻelele o nā luna nui o Iraqi i ka World Travel Market, ka hanana mua o ka honua no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, e hoʻomaka i ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla hou a me ka hoʻonoho ʻana o Iraq ma ka palapala honua mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapakolu o nā papahana i hoʻolālā ʻia ke hoʻomaka nei me ka nui o nā wehe ʻana o nā hōkele hou no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa. Ua hoʻoholo hoʻi nā mokulele mokulele nui e like me Lufthansa a me Austrian Airlines e hoʻomaka hou i ka lele ʻana i kahi huakaʻi.
ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei ka poʻe malihini kipa i Iraq he 1.3 miliona me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomana, ʻo ia hoʻi mai Iran, ʻo ka hapa nui. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻonui nei ka poʻe kipa ʻoihana me ka hoihoi hou ʻana mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka ʻo Gulf e hāʻawi ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 58% o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā hui huakaʻi huakaʻi honua me Sharaf Travel (UAE) a me Terre Entière (France) ma Iraq i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, ʻoiai ua wehe ʻo Safir Hotels a me Resorts i kahi waiwai 340-lumi ma Karbala.
I ka makahiki 2014, ua manaʻo ʻia e wehe ʻia nā hōkele he 700.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka hōkele i ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Rotana, ʻo ia ka mea e wehe i kāna hōkele mua ma Erbil ma mua o ka hopena o 2010 me nā hoʻolālā hoʻonui hou no kāna mau hōʻailona Arjaan a me Centro. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Rotana ma Baghdad no 2012.
Eia kekahi, e wehe ʻia ka hōkele ʻo Divan Erbil Park Hotel a me Le Royal Park Hotel ma Erbil i ka makahiki 2011.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena World Travel Market Fiona Jeffery: "ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana o Iraq e lawe mai i kahi ʻelele i ka World Travel Market i ka makahiki i hala aku nei he manawa kūpono no ke ala hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi. Hāʻawi ka ʻāina i kahi hui like ʻole o ka mōʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu a me nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa e wehe ana i ke ala no kona wahi ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi hoihoi a hiki mai.
"Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Iraq ma WTM 2010 e ʻimi hou aku i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i kāna ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi iā ia i manawa kūpono e lilo i wahi piko huakaʻi e hiki mai ana."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Euromonitor International Head of Global Travel and Tourism Research Caroline Bremner: "ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana ka mākaʻikaʻi o Iraq ke ʻike ʻia e ka noi huakaʻi ʻoihana. Manaʻo ʻia e ulu aʻe ma kahi o 700 mau hale hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi i nā makahiki ʻehā e hiki mai ana me nā inoa nui e like me Rotana a me Millennium a me Copthorne.
Kaomi i ka loulou ma lalo nei e nānā i kēia hoʻokuʻu paʻi ma ke ʻano wikiō a komo i ke code embed html e hiki ai ke hoʻokomo i kēia wikiō ma kāu pūnaewele ponoʻī: www.wtmlondon.com/Iraq
