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A new guide presents the tourist side of Kurdistan
A guidebook to help travelers discover Kurdistan. – AFP Relaxnews pic, August 26, 2015.What if a little-known area in the Middle East was one of the best tourist destinations in the near future?
Dr. Douglas Layton, an American scholar and tour operator, has released a guide intended to help change people's perceptions and show that the Kurdistan region, located in between Turkey, Iraq and Iran, shouldn't suffer because of the area's geopolitics.
On the contrary, this region offers curious travelers a wide range of interesting historical sites.
Layton's company Kurdistan Iraq Tours wants you to know: Kurdistan is one of the safest regions in the Middle East, not to be lumped in with the headlines of chaotic occurrences taking place in Iraq.
Because of its geographical location, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Iran, it's constantly in the spotlight because of the current events affecting the general area, despite the fact that a future in tourism could be on the horizon.
And so Layton decided to reveal what the area has to offer in book form. It took four hundred pages to cover all the riches of the region, from river landscapes to snowy mountaintops.
The book is also a collection of photos and presents more than 200 historical sites to discover.
The tome covers the musical and artistic culture of Kurdistan and even looks at the recent emergence of the Kurdish film industry.
But the volume is first and foremost a guidebook, and true to form, it gives all the necessary information on getting to Kurdistan and how to organize your vacation.
The book also provides information on Kurdish cuisine and details the specialties that tourists can order in restaurants.
The guidebook is available on Amazon but will be officially released in the US on September 16. – AFP Relaxnews, August 26, 2015.
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