![]() ![]() Several tours now run from Baghdad to the scenic marshlands of the south - which some scholars say may have been the biblical Garden of Eden - where sleek buffalo swim through grasses and people live on islands. The year before, many stayed away for fear of being caught up in violence at demonstrations in nearby cities.īut some local investors believe in the promise of domestic tourism in places like this that have long been under-visited. This winter - normally peak season because of the cool weather - the pandemic affected the numbers and about 10,000 came. The local tourist board says the best recent year for Iraqi tourists was 2017, when more than 35,000 visited. Since Babylon reopened in 2009, tourist numbers have fluctuated. ![]() Tourists picnic at a park on the banks of the Euphrates river close to the site of the ancient city of Babylon.
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