Tourist planning and its impact on the development of the Al-Najaf Sea: a vision for urban and regional planning
Keywords:
Tourism planning, Ecological diversity, Investment, Biosphere, Hotel, Nature reserveAbstract
The tourism movement in Al-Najaf Governorate has witnessed significant development after 2003 in light of the development of human and developmental awareness and the improvement of quality of life linked to various elements, including the importance of tourism. The research showed that Al-Najaf enjoys a developed and modern internal land transport network that connects various parts of the city and its commercial and tourist centers. The developmental tourist planning focused on the civil aspect and the essential components of the environment, working to create areas of attraction and services that match the volume of tourist landmarks in Al-Najaf, which are intended for future development to suit their importance and size in order to connect the elements to provide better services and make the Al-Najaf Lowland an internal and external economic tourist center to expand the economy and improve the community's welfare economically, by providing job opportunities and marketing the touristic products and the natural and historical tourist areas present at the lowland.
The main problem of the research is that (the Al-Najaf Lowland represents a multidimensional tourist center that requires tourist planning and the development of its natural and heritage resources), and the tourism movement and its development help to increase the structure of tourism development, activate it, and raise its functional level with the availability of job opportunities and community prosperity.
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