[3][4] In the early 1980s, about 400 people from various German and Swiss steel and optical manufacturers: Baresel, Epple, Krupp, Liebherr and Zeiss; constructed the three telescopes for the observatory.

Mount Korek is a tourist attraction with Darin Group, an Iraqi-Kurdish company that built an approximately four kilometer long Doppelmayr Teleferic (cable car) from its Bekhal bottom station to Mount Korek.

The resort is a summer retreat providing cool environs when the whole region reels under high temperatures.

The Resort is one of the top ten destinations to visit in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Rainfall is recorded from 20 – 75 mm It has between 60 – 100 days of snowfall in the mountains, between December and March.