Economy
Qasr-e Shirin has for long played an important economical role in the region. A large share of the country's exports is done via Qasr-e Shirin with its two main border points Khosravi and Parwiz border point.
Qasr-e Shirin has many modern and chic restaurants, with four three-star hotels and many other two-star hotels, serving both pilgrims to Iraq's holy Shia shrines and tourists and businessmen visiting the city. In fact, it is the city of hotels and restaurants.
There are three main shopping centers in Qasr-e Shirin, of which Artmita shopping center is the biggest and most modern. The other two are Kavian shopping center and the traditional Shah Abbasi Bazarche, the latter is the busiest one attracting people from neighboring cities and from all over the country.
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