مقومات السياحة في محافظة كركوك وسبل استـدامتها

The tourist components in Kirkuk province and means of sustainability

The study, which dealt with the study of tourism elements in the province of Kirkuk, yielded many results. The most prominent of these were the governorate having many basic elements of tourism of all kinds (natural, archeological and religious tourism). The geography of the region has played a distinctive natural elements in all its manifestations, which practice various tourist activities, as well as the role of the human characteristics related to the population. It has also contributed to the enhancement and consolidation of tourism, And the study proved the geographical distribution of those tourist elements, which was characterized by high distribution in the coverage and coverage of all the features of the province and its administrative units.

It is also noted that there is a diversified service sector that accompanies and supports the tourism components and increases its importance. The most prominent of these were the services of hotels, restaurants, road and communications services, tourism and security companies, which constituted another component of the tourism sector in the province. The study proved by using the SWOT method, (GIS) that the strengths of tourism components increase the opportunities for development and investment and narrow the circle of weaknesses and threats to the tourism sector in the province, which opens the door wide for tourism sector projects and sustainability.