Economics
Number of Iraqi hotels on increase, Ministry
Iraqi Planning Ministry announced that the number of hotels in the country was increased by 9% during 2017, in comparison to 2016, but the number of tenants was reduced by 21% in comparison of the previous year. In a statement, the ministry said that there are 1618 tourist hotels and centers, in comparison to 1484 in the past year. Karbala witnessed the biggest share on this increase by 47%, to be followed by Baghdad (22%), Najaf (22%) and Basra (3%), the ministry pointed out. 99% of these hotels belonged to the private sector. The percentage of the five-star hotel in these figures reached only to 1%, the ministry disclosed.
Source: http://www.iraqtradelinknews.com/2018/09/number-of-iraqi-hotels-on-increase.html
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