The Syrian Ministry of Tourism is trying to attract vacationers to the war-torn city of Aleppo with a new Game of Thrones inspired promotional video, which was released Thursday.
The video called “Aleppo…Will of Life” showcases the regime-held areas of west Aleppo, which have largely remained untouched despite a five-year civil war that has splintered the country’s largest city.
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The promo video ignores the ravaged opposition-held areas in east Aleppo, which have experienced near daily bombings that have left thousands dead since the fighting took over the city in July 2012.
Other notable exclusions from the promotional video include Aleppo Citadel and the surrounding Old City, which is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Both sites were considered main attractions prior to the war breaking out and have since been badly damaged.
Strangely, the drone footage showing the city’s main park, Aleppo University and Tawheed Mosque, is accompanied by a cover of the Game of Thrones theme music.
As the HBO show’s title suggests, the fictional story follows a collection of feuding noble families, all attempting to claim control of the “seven kingdoms.”
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The choice of music for the video is head-scratching, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has waged war against rebel fighters who oppose him, while ISIS has claimed vast areas of the country’s northeast.
The video is the most recent attempt by Syria’s tourism department to try and entice visitors to the beleaguered country.
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Despite the civil war, the Ministry of Tourism released a promotional video highlighting the beauty of Arwad Island along the Mediterranean coast.
According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, Assad announced major development plans for the island’s historical and archaeological sites in May.
Earlier this month another video promoted the country as “Always Beautiful” by capturing people playing in the Mediterranean surf near the coastal town of Tartus.
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Regardless of how beautiful the videos make these travel destinations look, getting to them could be near impossible.
“Syria is one of the most dangerous places on the planet,” Lonely Planet tells tourists in its popular travel guides. “To put it simply, you can’t go. And if you can, you shouldn’t.”
The Global Affairs Canada website “advises against all travel to Syria due to ongoing conflict.”
It adds that “outbreaks of violence can occur with little or no notice, and you risk being at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
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None of the videos make mention of the estimated 400,000 civilians who have been killed by the violence, nor the millions who have been forced from their homes.
The U.N.’s humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien told the Security Council last week that more than 800,000 Syrians remain trapped in sieges throughout the country.
In Aleppo, at least 320 civilians including 100 children have been killed in the past week, as Syrian government forces continue to push into rebel-held districts of the city with the aid of Russian airstrikes.
According to activists, airstrikes on Wednesday destroyed the last remaining bakery in Anadan, an opposition town north of Aleppo.
Getting food and aid to eastern Aleppo has also been difficult, and was made worse when Damascus blocked assistance from reaching eastern Aleppo during a week-long cease-fire which collapsed earlier this month.
-With files from The Associated Press