Tikrit and nearby Baiji were among the areas most heavily damaged during the fight against ISIS, and Saladin province's recovery has been a genuine, ongoing process — recent reporting describes schools, homes, and markets reopening as part of that continued rebuild. A market assessment of the district found something specific worth knowing: recovery has been uneven across sectors, with trade and services reportedly recovering more strongly than carpentry, construction, food, hospitality, and manufacturing, which recovered more slowly.
What this means for timing a new business
If trade and retail-style businesses are the sectors actually leading Tikrit's commercial recovery right now, that's exactly where new activity is concentrated — and exactly where getting modern systems in place from day one, rather than retrofitting them later, has the most immediate payoff. A new shop or market opening into a recovering trade sector has real momentum behind it.
Hospitality is a slower, longer-term opportunity
Restaurants and hotels recovering more slowly doesn't mean there's no opportunity — it means the businesses that do open now, well-run from the start, have more room to stand out in a less crowded field than they would in an already-saturated market.
TU2 Market fits Tikrit's currently-strongest sector directly — and the restaurant platform is ready for the hospitality recovery whenever a given business decides the timing is right for them.