82.000 tourists in Kurdistan for Christmas – New Year

Arbil / IraqiNews.com : Kurdish tourism department announced that 82.000 tourists spent the New Year eve in the three Kurdish cities of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and Duhuk. In a statement to IraqiNews.com, Nadir Rostayi, media director, said that 42.000 were in Arbil, 30.000 in Sulaimaniya and 10.000 in Duhuk. Arbil witnessed yesterday festivities in which thousands took part till dawn. 2160