The importance of the geographical location and its role in religious tourism in Najaf Governorate

Authors

  • Dr. Ali Abdul Hussein Mohammed Al-Anzi Ministry of Education / Directorate of Education of Najaf Governorate
  • Prof Dr. Hussein Jaaznasser Al-Fatlawi Faculty of Education for Girls / University of Kufa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58564/ma.v16iمؤتمر%20قسم%20الجغرافية.2690

Keywords:

Religious tourism, tourist, tourist site, displacement

Abstract

Iraq has a huge economic wealth that enables it to address the economic crises it is going through, namely religious tourism, but that wealth is not exploited correctly, so those responsible for that wealth are deliberately exploited in the future by opening new horizons for religious tourism because of the country's religious and archeological monuments that enjoy holiness, modernity and urban design, which is commensurate with the sanctity of religious monuments in various countries of the world, but its designs vary somewhat in terms of the dues performed by tourists to those holy shrines, in addition to its special sanctity that vary according to the different modern designs of archeological and religious monuments found in other countries, especially Non-Arab countries. Iraq has a huge economic wealth that enables it to address the economic crises it is going through, namely religious tourism, but that wealth is not exploited correctly, so those responsible for that wealth are deliberately exploited in the future by opening new horizons for religious tourism because of the country's religious and archeological monuments that enjoy holiness, modernity and urban design, which is commensurate with the sanctity of religious monuments in various countries of the world, but its designs vary somewhat in terms of the dues performed by tourists to those holy shrines, in addition to its special sanctity that vary according to the different modern designs of archeological and religious monuments found in other countries, especially Non-Arab countries

Published

2026-06-23