Fateh Habibi is Associate Professor of economics at university of Kurdistan. He obtained his Ph.D in economics from University Putra Malaysia in 2010. His research interests lie in the area of economics development, tourism and tourism economics. He has published more than 30 articles in peer reviewed journals and has supervised 20 MA dissertations in Economics. Dr Habibi served as the membership of the Kurdish studies institute (KSI) from 2013.