29 Things You Should Never Do In Iraq

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Don’t Go Couchsurfing On A Tourist Visa

Source: https://www.unusualtraveler.com

Couchsurfing is a safe and wonderful service used by many budget travelers and backpackers. The website has a community of millions of travelers and hundreds of thousands of hosts. Through Couchsurfing, tourists get to enjoy the hospitality of people who open their homes to guests, meet new friends, learn new languages, and get insider tips about the destination to avoid scams and tourist traps. Unfortunately, you can’t take advantage of this service when visiting Iraq on a tourist visa. Neither can you stay with friends in the Middle Eastern country. Iraq strictly enforces that travelers on a tourist visa stay in a government-licensed hotel for registration. Luckily, Couchsurfing is legal in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can find many active profiles in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok, and you can stay over your friends’ homes in these cities.