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Tourism & Cultural Economy

Sector monitoring and assessment brief

Editorial review: 30 September 2026

Scope

Define the visitor segment and destination: religious, cultural, archaeological and leisure travel have different patterns and service needs. Heritage status is an asset context, not an estimate of visitor expenditure.

Questions to assess

  • Which visitors, destination and season are being assessed?
  • What access, accommodation, guiding and local-service gaps are evidenced?
  • How are conservation needs and specialist permissions reflected in the operating model?

Evidence and limits

World Heritage inscription and the Tentative List are separate designations. Neither count measures occupancy, spending or employment in tourism.

Information needed to start

Destination, visitor type, seasonality, proposed services, demand evidence and conservation or specialist reviews.

How ABCI can support the assessment

The scope is agreed around the available evidence and the decision required. See the related service for its capabilities, deliverables and specialist coordination. Inclusion here does not claim a completed sector study, a client mandate or an available investment.

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Sourced context

Institutional baseline

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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Webpage snapshot · 30 September 2026

Counts of listed sites on the UNESCO country page at the stated snapshot date; not a measure of visitor activity.

Definition, dates & source context
Measurement period
2026-09-30 webpage snapshot
Publication date
Not identified in the linked source
Independent check
2026-09-30
Source edition
Linked publication / page; edition number not stated
Source: UNESCO — Iraq World Heritage and Tentative Lists ↗
Institutional baseline

UNESCO Tentative List sites

15

Webpage snapshot · 30 September 2026

Counts of listed sites on the UNESCO country page at the stated snapshot date; not a measure of visitor activity.

Definition, dates & source context
Measurement period
2026-09-30 webpage snapshot
Publication date
Not identified in the linked source
Independent check
2026-09-30
Source edition
Linked publication / page; edition number not stated
Source: UNESCO — Iraq World Heritage and Tentative Lists ↗

SOURCE REGISTER

Sources

The register identifies each linked publication or data series. Indicator cards retain measurement periods and definitions. An absent publication or check date is shown explicitly; the edition date is not a substitute.

  1. UNESCO — Iraq World Heritage and Tentative Lists

    Linked publication / page; edition number not stated

    Published: date not established

    Independent check: 2026-09-30

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