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Ali Hilal, a travel blogger and social media influencer, takes a selfie with a statue in Baghdad. Reuters

Many tourists are visiting Iraq from Gulf countries. Defying warnings against travel, a rising number are also trickling in from Europe and the US. Reuters

They come to see attractions ranging from vast desert and marshland ecosystems to ruins of the world's earliest cities. Reuters

Lorin and Galton Lenie, French tourists on their first visit to Iraq, sit in a local home during a tour of the marshes in Nasiriyah. Reuters

Anna Nikolaevna, 38, a Russian, and Jacob Nemec, 29, an American, during a tour in the ancient city of Babylon. Reuters

Lorin and Galton Lenie go on a tour of the marshes, accompanied by a guide, in a type of boat called a mashouf. Reuters

Anna Nikolaevna and Jacob Nemec during a tour in the palace of Saddam Hussein. Reuters

Lorin, on the tour with her husband Galton, takes a selfie with a girl from the Marsh Arab community. Reuters

Ali Hilal, a travel blogger and social media influencer, takes a selfie with a statue in Baghdad. Reuters

Many tourists are visiting Iraq from Gulf countries. Defying warnings against travel, a rising number are also trickling in from Europe and the US. Reuters

They come to see attractions ranging from vast desert and marshland ecosystems to ruins of the world's earliest cities. Reuters

Lorin and Galton Lenie, French tourists on their first visit to Iraq, sit in a local home during a tour of the marshes in Nasiriyah. Reuters

Anna Nikolaevna, 38, a Russian, and Jacob Nemec, 29, an American, during a tour in the ancient city of Babylon. Reuters

Lorin and Galton Lenie go on a tour of the marshes, accompanied by a guide, in a type of boat called a mashouf. Reuters

Anna Nikolaevna and Jacob Nemec during a tour in the palace of Saddam Hussein. Reuters

Lorin, on the tour with her husband Galton, takes a selfie with a girl from the Marsh Arab community. Reuters

Ali Hilal, a travel blogger and social media influencer, takes a selfie with a statue in Baghdad. Reuters

Iraq's flourishing tourism sector unveils cultural treasures and beauty - in pictures

Visitors travel to the country to see one of Saddam Hussein's palaces and the ancient city of Babylon

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August 01, 2023

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