Abstract
The tourism industry is of the most important global industries, as it has become the industry of the age and the future, this occupies activity an important place in the economies of countries that recognize the importance and taking appropriate attention as a tributary streams of economic development, and Iraq, which has a lot of potential tourist attractions , but it did not receive the required attention and appropriate, and faced many obstacles and challenges that are still facing the development of tourism. And it should activate this vital sector and thinking seriously planning to develop a clear strategic for tourism development , and for this purpose research aims to exposure to the reality of the tourism sector and the ingredients lured, and the most important obstacles facing the development of tourism, then its future prospects.
