Erbil: On 02/05/2013 Mr. Dara Jalil Khayat  President of Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry has received a number of officials from the General Board of Tourism headed by Mr. Mawllawy Jabbar chairman,  of the boardthe meeting was attended by a number of members of the Board of Directors of the Chamber ,they talked about the importanceof coordination between the Board and the Chamber of Commerce in the development of the tourism sector after the increasing the  number of tourists who flocked into  the region in 2012 to more than two million tourists, and they  hoped that the figure upto three million this year, also Mr. President of the Chamber praised the role played by the Chamber in order to boost tourismforward, stressing that  there was effective role and  contribution of the Chamber  by providing facilities for those  investors andbusinessmen wanting to build hotels, motels and other tourist facilities.

 Mr. Chairman of the  Board of Tourism   requested the inclusion of the Tourism  board representatives in delegations future in order to promote tourism in the region