Conclusions and recommendations: Obstacles to religious tourism in the holy city of Karbala

Ahlam Hassan Jassim Abdul Karim
Supervised by Asst. Prof. Dr. Fawaz Hamdan Abboud

When security and stability are achieved, religious tourism in Karbala can achieve a promising future that supports the economy of the city in particular and Iraq in general. In order to achieve this, we make the following recommendations:
1. Develop a scientific strategy to develop tourism development in the city.
2. Put this strategy into practice, an economic environment must be created based on the market economy mechanism.
3. Activate the role of the private sector in this activity.
4. Review the institutional and legal frameworks to ensure the development of foreign and local investment.
5. In the religious tourism sector in the city.
6. Develop the infrastructure in the city.
7. Emphasize the adoption of comprehensive programs for tourism training and the introduction of modern technology and information systems in tourism accompaniment.
8. Introduce the Persian language as the main tool for promoting religious tourism in the city and thus a means of increasing the income of the city’s residents.
9. Emphasizing the adoption of a project to study and establish a tourist symbol for the city of Karbala. Expanding cooperation between tourism institutions on the one hand and the University of Karbala and other scientific institutions to lay solid foundations for the sustainable development of religious tourism. 10. Establishing a statistical information center for religious tourism that provides data to researchers and those interested in the development of religious tourism.