The ceremony of honoring and iroducing the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts was held.
The ceremony of honoring and iroducing the former and new Ministers of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts was held today, Wednesday, 28th of Shahrivar, in the Hall of Hajj and Ziarat.
Mohammadreza Aref, the first vice preside, in the ceremony of honoring and iroducing the former and new ministers of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts, while congratulating the week of unity, said:
The key to following the revolution was unity, and the key to the progress of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the unity of all together.
While appreciating the efforts and activities of Engineer Zarghami in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, he added that the new minister is one of the promine cultural figures of the coury.
Cultural heritage is a symbol of Iran’s rich civilization and it is a trust in the hands of this generation that must be erusted to the next generation through restoration and restoration.
Aref poied out that cultural heritage is national pride and one of the outstanding cultural indicators of the coury.
Cultural heritage has always been respected inside and outside of Iran, and this is due to the precious works of our coury in this field.
The first vice preside emphasized that the work done in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage is valuable and stated:
After this, it is necessary to consider pathologies and a deep strategy, because we are still facing fundameal challenges in some cases.
Stating that the formulation of strategies and policies of this sector at the beginning of the 7th developme plan is an opportunity that should be seized, he said:
In the two fields of handicrafts and tourism, the governme’s tenure should be reduced. The governme’s actions should be facilitating and helping, and the main burden should be on the private sector. Affairs should be followed and carried out based on the two axes of cultural heritage and handicrafts. We have outstanding capacities in the field of tourism, based on a clear analysis of two decades ago, the tourists who come to Iran are cultural tourists. If we pay minimal atteion to the tourism sector, we can have 100,000 stable job opportunities every year, the task of the parliame is less than this number.
He said:
They created a mindset for Iran-phobia that is not real. If they stay in Iran for two days and see the hospitality, facilities, and peace, they will yearn for Iran and their meality will change. The fact is that we have a serious problem in the field of infrastructure, there are no rest stops on the roads. These pois can be seen at a distance of 50 kilometers. Do we wa to accept tourists then? The beginning of the governme coincided with the beginning of the program. This is a good thing. Our approach is job creation. The coribution of tourism and crafts in the growth of cultural diplomacy is importa to me.
The first vice preside coinued:
One of the priorities of diplomacy is in the region, maybe in many places we cannot use this tool to approach couries, but handicrafts are one of Iran’s prides, many couries knew Iran with handicrafts at least uil before the revolution. A good trend should be added in the next four years. A report of illegal excavations reaches us. The lack of atteion to cultural heritage tempts some people to turn curiosity io economic sense, and then we know what happens. According to the plan, 950 immovable works should be restored and restored every year.
He addressed Salehi Amiri and said:
In the sphere of governance, it is not possible to advance the work only with the help of governme resources, it is necessary to get help from the private sector as well. The expectation of the private sector from us is that the governme does not hinder the work, if there are rulings or notes that are hindering, they should be corrected.
