Iraq has spent the last six years in the mist of a bloody war. With violence on the decline, certain regions have opened up for very limited ‘adventure’ travel in the country. The first Western tour group has recently returned from a visit to Iraq. The three-week trip was organized by a British adventure tourism outfit that brought along five Britons, 2 two Americans, and a Canadian for the trip. Needless to say, travel insurance was not available for the eight travelers.
Iraq
It is difficult to conceive the lure of visiting a war-torn nation as a “tourist.” While such areas are compelling destination for travel journalists or photographers looking to document the events, the tour group who visited Iraq consisted of individuals with an inclination toward high-risk travel; in fact, most of them also recently traveled to Afghanistan.
(Dates back to 2009)
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