Tourism serves as ‘a bridge between nations’, Rouhani says

Tourism serves as ‘a bridge between nations’, Rouhani says

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has said tourism and tour guides serve as bridges between nations and links between different cultures and civilizations.

“The era of the building wall between the nations is at an end,” said Rouhani, the opening ceremony of the 17th World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) Convention in Tehran on Saturday.

“They have forgotten that the Berlin Wall fell a few years ago. If a Wall separates nations, it should be removed,” More news agency quoted Rouhani as I said.

“In the world today, all countries are like neighbors, communication and globalization have shortened distances, and a decoupling of global trade links would not be beneficial to the global economy.”
Highlighting the main role of tourism, the president pointed to tour guides, said: “You as the servants of the cultural heritage, tell the younger generation of the ancient civilization of man and historical works.”

He went on to say that BARJAM (the Persian acronym for the nuclear agreement) paved the way for more foreign tourists to visit Iran. “We are striving to develop our tourism industry by rebuilding our aircraft fleet, expanding the railway network and building highways to increase the flow of tourism.

Tourism is the decisive economic role

Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Director Zahra Ahmadipour reminded that participants were nominated by the World Organization of the United Nations as the “International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development” in 2017.

She said that such an initiative by UNWTO shows that tourism is a key factor that contributes to the lives and lives of people around the world.

Ahmadipour, who doubled as vice president, touched the economic achievements of tourism for the host countries when it comes to generating income, job creation and the redistribution of wealth: “The tourism industry is of great importance as it accounts for 10 percent of the world ‘s population GDP and one of 11 jobs in the world. “

About $ 24 billion came in Iran for the past three and a half years because of foreign tourists, CHTHO deputy director Morteza Rahmani-Movahhed said in September 2016.
Iran expects to reap a bonanza from its numerous tourist points, including 21, which have been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list after it was agreed to bring back its nuclear program to evade for relief from economic battles in July 2015.

Foreign tourist arrivals in Iran have been more than twice the global average since the implementation of the agreement in January 2016, according to CHTHO in October 2016.

The country has launched extensive plans to strengthen its tourism sector. As part of the 2025 tourism vision, the country plans to increase the number of tourist arrivals from 4.8 million in 2014 to 20 million by 2025.

Iran has also offered to grant years of tax exemption to both domestic and foreign companies and individuals as an incentive to increase investment in their tourism industry.

Until recently, citizens of approximately 190 countries can obtain a visa with a one-month validation upon arrival at the country’s airports.

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Iran ready to cooperate with Muslim countries in medical science

Iran ready to cooperate with Muslim countries in medical science

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Iran is ready to work with Muslim countries in medical science and transfer the expertise in this field, said Minister of Health and Medical Education.

Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said at the Mashhad 2017 ceremony to mark the investment of the city as the capital of Islamic culture that Iran has made great progress in the scientific fields especially in medicine.

He took 16th place in scientific growth worldwide and for the first time in the number of registered articles in international centers.

He underlined the need to foster relations between the Muslim countries, particularly through the exchange of scientific experience and knowledge.
Muslim countries can pioneer in scientific production and scientific progress in the Union and solidarity, he said.

He also said the Health Overhaul Plan is one of the achievements of the current government. It has positive results, he added.

It led to a reduction in medical costs and was recognized twice by the World Health Organization, he said.

He said the insurance coverage for all Iranians has lowered medical costs by paying the village residents only three percent of medical costs, while urban residents pay six percent.

Qazizadeh called for effective cooperation between Muslim researchers and the Islamic educational, scientific and cultural organization (ISESCO).

The minister said Mashhad has invaluable experiences in health tourism. Annually, a remarkable number of people from neighboring nations travel to Mashhad to get health services, he added.

Mashhad 2017 aims to promote interactions with the Islamic world.

Mashhad was chosen as the Asian Islamic cultural capital of the world in 2017 by ISESCO.

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306 tour leaders from 45 countries at the 17th ‘WFTGA Convention
The ceremony officially opened in Tehran WITH attending Iranian President Mr,Rohani.

 
 

 

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Visiting Iran Will Become Even Cheaper: MP

Visiting Iran Will Become Even Cheaper: MP

The cost of Iran travel before the end of the Iranian year (March 20), according to an Iranian legislator.
Member of the Iranian parliament Seyyed Hadi Roumiani said that by giving Iran’s cultural heritage, craft and tourism organization (ICHO) full control over the country’s tourist affairs, travel costs will be reduced and there will be less confusion.

The Iranian Parliament recently adopted a measure which gave the organization the sole supervisory function.
“Businesses in the tourism sector have yet to know who they have to answer, because a number of companies have had a say about how things should be done in the sector, but we’ve eliminated that now,” he told Tasnim.

The legislator said this will help “bring stability” and reduce confusion so I MEET measures to reduce travel expenses.

Roumiani said travel organizers do not have to get approval from various organizations to design a Reiseroute, such as “ICH-approved”. He argued that this allows operators to get the best tour packages they can at affordable prices since there is less bureaucracy.
The legislator said he expected ecotourism to be the first to see a visible drop in prices.

“A person should be able to travel with peace of mind and not worry about costs,” added Roumiani.

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Iran’s tourist attractions introduced in 2017 Skylines magazine

Iran’s tourist attractions introduced in 2017 Skylines magazine

The Austrian flight magazine Skylines, which was published six times a year, introduced the tourist attractions of Iran in its first edition of 2017.

According to IRNA, the content of this edition provides observations from newspaper journalist Stephan Burianek during a six-day visit to Iran.

The title of the report is “A Journey Along the Legendary Silk Road from Isfahan to Tehran”, which describes the attractions of Isfahan, Kashan and Tehran.

A large photo of the Imam Square in Isfahan illustrates the magazine: “This place, the most beautiful historical in Iran and the second largest world square, belongs to the Safavid era.
“Imam Square lined with arcades is surrounded by buildings from the Safavid era and is considered the second-largest square in the world (after the Tiananmen Square in Beijing), but is incomparably more beautiful and not just by reputation.”

In another part of the magazine the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan is mentioned as one of the most beautiful hotels in the world.

The report mentions Borujerdi House in Kashan, which was built in the 19th century, whose stucco work and frescoes show international influences, from Europe to Asia.

Tehran is the last city whose attractions are described in the Austrian magazine. Tehran Grand Bazaar, cultural centers including Golestan Palace, Vahdat Hall, University of Tehran and the surrounding bookshops are briefly featured in the report.

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Taleb Rifai Attends WFTGA 2017 Convention

Taleb Rifai Attends WFTGA 2017 Convention

We hereby inform you that Sir. Taleb Rifai, General Secretary of the World Tourism Organization, will participate in the 2018 World Federation of Tourist Guide Association (WFTGA) Conventions. It should be mentioned that it is the fulfillment of the demand of the “Iranian Association of Tour Guides Association” (IFTGA), at the same time to support the “Iranian Cultural Heritage, the Arts and Tourism Organization” (ICHTO). We are rightly proud that Sir. Taleb Rifai is one of the speakers at the opening ceremony of the WFTGA 2017 Convention.

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8000-Year-Old Stone Works Discovered in Iran

8000-Year-Old Stone Works Discovered in Iran

40 stone works dating back to 8,000 years ago have been discovered in Chaldoran, northwestern Iran.

“In Chaldoran, northwest Iran, 40 stoneworks were discovered and collected,” said Moharram Abdollahpour, head of the Iranian Office of Cultural Heritage and Handicrafts and Tourism (ICHO) in Chaldoran.
“These stone works were used for cooking, ranching, bathing, marking graves and building in neolithic, prehistoric, Islamic and contemporary periods.”

“Such pieces as stone lion, capital, millstone, gravestone, quarner stone, laver and mower will be publicly displayed in the Chaldoran ICHTO office,” he added.
According to a Farsi report by the IRNA, Abdollahpour further stated that there are more than 100 national monuments in Chaldoran. One of them, the monastery of Saint Thaddeus, was registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Chaldoran is named after a historical war between the Iranian army under the leadership of Ismail I, Safavid King and Ottoman forces of Suleiman I in August 1514; In which the lower Iranians were defeated by the large, well-equipped Ottoman army.

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Iran Favors Expansion of Regional Cultural Heritage Trainings

Iran Favors Expansion of Regional Cultural Heritage Trainings


Arg of Karim Khan-Shiraz

TEHRAN (IRNA) – Deputy Director of Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism, has called for the promotion of cultural heritage in the regional countries.
Mohammad-Hassan Talebian made the comments in the opening session of the first International Training Workshop on the Museum of the Environment and Preventive Conservation, which took place in the Palace of Golestan.
The Public Relations Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RIGHT) quoted Talebian as a reference to the diversity and the number of historical monuments in Iran that have transformed the country into the land of cultural heritage and reiterated the importance of education at regional level Level And stressed the willingness of Iran to continue these events.

Head of Iran’s ICOM (International Council of Museums), Seyed Ahmad Mohit Tabatabaei, and head of the Golestan Palace Museum, Nosrati, once again spoke about the history of the palace and its historical and artistic values.
Abdolkarim Shadmehr, the administrative finance department of RICHT, set up research centers of the Institute and available capacities for supporting joint research projects.

The lecturers of the workshop and foreign participants expressed satisfaction with the capacity of the workshop and demanded the continuation of the training activities in this respect.
They urged them to work together with museums and other foreign cultural centers.

The first International Training Workshop for the Museum Environment and Preventive Conservation was sponsored by the Research Center for the Conservation and Restoration of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism.
It has been organized in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage, the Cultural Institute of the Cultural Heritage, the Cultural Institute of the Cultural Heritage, the Cultural Institute of the ECO, the International Center for the Research and Restoration of Cultural Objects (ICCROM) and the English Cultural Heritage with the support of The International Department of Environment and Sustainable Development At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The first International Training Workshop for the Museum Environment and Preventive Conservation aims to improve the knowledge of the curators and protectors of museums and active trustees of the cultural heritage in museums.

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Iran Eager to Receive Albanian Tourism Investors

Iran Eager to Receive Albanian Tourism Investors
TEHRAN (MNA) – Iranian Vice President Ahmadipour said Iran would welcome Albanian investors to build the tourist infrastructure.
Zahra Ahamadipour, Vice-President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism, made the comments on Sunday at a meeting with the visiting Albanian Foreign Minister, Ditmir Bushati.
She pointed out that the country would support the investment of foreign parties, as the positive atmosphere is available in accordance with the Joint Action Plan (JCPOA).
She also expressed the willingness to hold exhibitions, conferences, and encourage interaction between artists from both countries.
The official expressed the hope that Teheran and Tirana would resume cooperation after two decades and consider expanding cultural relations as a prerequisite for deepening bilateral relations or strengthening political cooperation.
Ahmadipour and pointed out the excellent ability to exchange tourists between Iran and Albania and declared that Iran is a country with a rich cultural heritage and an ancient history that has provided great opportunities in historical and cultural tourism, especially the world European.
At the meeting, Albania’s Bushati also underlined that his visit to Iran, in response to his country’s readiness to strengthen relations with Iran in all areas.

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THE GARDENS OF SHIRAZ – IRAN TRAVEL, TRIP TO IRAN

THE GARDENS OF SHIRAZ


Shiraz Narenjestan e Ghavam

 Shiraz in ancient times possessed large and pleasant gardens, which unfortunately, through the revolutions and invasions of the past centuries, have disappeared, and of many of them nothing but their name in history remains.
The natural situations, the equable climate and the sunshine in Shiraz caused such gardens to of travelers this is confirmed by the statements in past centuries, such as John Fryer, who came here in 1672, and writers as follows:-


Shiraz.Eram Garden

«In our stay we had opportunity to the observe Shiraz, not only by fame, but indeed to be, second to none, except the royal city in the whole Empire. The stately gardens and summer-houses are out of the town, whither resort those invited either by curiosity or recreation; the most famous of which we visited, under whose shady bowers we were feasted from the heel of every day till midnight. Among which, that, honoured with the royal claim, and therefore styled the King’s Garden, deservedly carries the lustre from the rest, and though everyone share in some excellency or other, yet this comprehends them all in one, being a large map of the whole. Here grow the loftiest cypresses in the universe. The nightingale, the sweet harbinger of the light, is a constant cheerer of these groves, charming with warbling strains the heaviest soul into a pleasing ecstacy. »


Shiraz.Eram-Garden

Among the numerous Shiraz gardens a few that are larger and older are here referred to: – Bágh-i-Delgushá (the exhilarating garden); Bágh-i-Eram (the Garden of Paradise); Bágh-i-Afífábád (the Garden of the Abode of Chastity), sometimes called Bágh-i-Gulshan.


Shiraz.Gardens Tomb of the poet Sadi

The Bágh-i-Khalílí also is a newly-laid-out garden which on account of the keen interest of its owner, Mr.Muhammad Khalil Khalili, who is one of the well-known horticulturists of Iran, is as far as the variety of its flowers goes, one of the best and most beautiful garden of Shiraz. The owner, who has excellent taste, has endeavoured, by spending much time and money, to introduce from other countries every kind of flower that might flourish in the Shiraz climate, and to grow and cultivate them here. And though the area of the garden compared with the number of the flowers and fruit-trees is small, and it lacks the spacious vistas of the Bágh-i-Eram and the Bágh-i-‘Afífábád, yet the plentiful display of flowers and fine fruit dispels this deficiency, and makes it a garden unique of its kind.
In the Bágh-i-Eram there are many cypresses, one of which in height and proportion is unexampled in its own field, and worthy to be called the King of Cypresses.


Shiraz.Gardens

 

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