The Impact of Tourism Investment on Economic Growth in Iraq During the Period (1990-2020)

Abstract

The tourism sector is one of the important economic sectors in many countries that have had a share in the field of tourism investment, as it makes an effective contribution to the economic growth of the country, and given the importance of tourism investment in employing manpower, providing job opportunities, eliminating unemployment and improving the quality of life for the population, as well as developing Tourism services such as hotel services, tourist restaurants, travel and tourism companies، The research aims to demonstrate the importance of tourism investment in economic growth. Despite Iraq’s possession of important religious, archaeological and historical sites, it suffers from neglect as well as the lack of attractive environmental conditions for tourism investments due to security problems and the conditions that Iraq experienced during the period in which It was followed in 2003, and in order to demonstrate this, the research used standard analysis using the (Eviews10) program, it adopted the (ARDL) model, and it reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which are as The most important of which is that investment in the tourism sector is one of the important and pioneering sectors that affect the country’s economy and its progress and revitalization leads to an increase in the gross domestic product and thus achieving economic growth in all other sectors and the field of tourism due to its significant impact and contribution to economic growth.