Sayed Reza Salehi Amiri, in his press conference, emphasized the planning for the developme of tourism infrastructure and said:
To reach the target of 6,000 accommodation for the next five years, 5 new hotels must be opened annually in the coury. It is not possible to achieve these goals except by removing barriers and providing effective inceives. Investme is the first need for infrastructure developme, and without it, tourism in Iran is not possible to survive. These investmes must be tailored to the regional needs of a fair distribution pattern.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage announced the approval of importa inceives in the governme over the past three mohs, saying:
One of the most importa of these inceives is the import exemption of hotel equipme with zero duties and customs; This includes specialized equipme, cars, and even cruise ships.
Referring to the importance of tourism iegration with economic structures, he poied to the governme’s new policy to promote hybrid complexes:
The investor can build a commercial and administrative project on a land and build a hotel in the same complex to bring the return on capital to more economical. This model is common in the world and Iran will eer this path.
According to Salehi Amiri, in the field of financial inceives, toll exemption has been approved by up to 5 % for the creation of tourism infrastructure, and in some metropolises such as Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz, the exemption reaches 5 %. Also, changing the use of agricultural land to tourism that was previously subject to heavy duty will be completely exempted.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage also emphasized the importance of the import of foreign tourists and said:
The developme of infrastructure makes sense when the tourist eers the coury. In this regard, we have put active tourism diplomacy on the agenda. The starting poi of this policy was with Tajikistan. In the form of a memorandum of understanding with officials, the cancellation of a visa was implemeed among all the cities of the two couries, and our targeting is to reach 6,000 Tajik tourists. The airlines of the two couries have also been activated.
According to Salehi Amiri, the next step is to revive the erance tourism from Azerbaijan. She said.
In rece years, we have seen a sharp drop in the arrival of Azerbaijani tourists. Our goal is to re -build and create new frameworks of cooperation that have reached importa agreemes during the rece meeting of the Presides of the two couries.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, referring to the ongoing cooperation with Türkiye, said:
We have asked Türkiye to balance the erance and exit tourism between the two couries.
He added.
Currely, the amou of erance and exit tourism between Iran and Iraq is almost equal, and we are trying to impleme this balanced model in relations with other Gulf couries.
In another part of the meeting, the minister announced the approval of the possibility of providing tourism facilities in the coury’s dams, rivers and water resources in accordance with environmeal considerations and said:
This decree provides an importa opportunity for the developme of nature tourism and ecotourism in the coury.
Salehi Amiri also announced the joining of the cruise ship to the southern ports of the coury and said:
In the north of the coury, a cruise ship was purchased by the private sector and reached the port of Neka.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts we on to answer questions about the rumors and rumors about the invasion of the “side of the sandal” in Jiroft city and explained the dimensions of the matter with a clear and explicit approach, saying:
The official stance of the ministry will be and will be and will be a set of sandals, including a sandal -side complex. In this particular case, not only has any authorized activity not announced, but preveive measures have been taken.
Salehi Amiri also announced the implemeation of a strategic plan to rescue the “Quran Museum” from the state of stagnation and closure, saying: “
As one of the richest treasures of manuscripts and magnifice Qur’anic works, the museum has been forgotten in rece years. With careful expert reviews, we decided to move it to a new location to facilitate the access of researchers and ehusiasts. Temporarily, all manuscripts and documes of the Quran Museum were transferred to the Museum of Water to provide the basis for preparing a construction of the Holy Quran with modern museum standards. Our goal is to revive the museum’s civilizational and social function, not merely the physical reopening of a building.
