Sayed Reza Salehi Amiri on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting, referring to the forecast of the seveh developme plan for the coury’s tourism industry, said:
The Seveh Developme Plan provides for attracting 5 million tourists at a 5 % growth rate.
He added about the amou of tourists arriving in previous years:
The number of tourists rose from 2 million to 6 million to 6 million and 6,000 at the end. The forecast of year 2 was about 1.5 million tourists, which was achieved in April and May. In June, July and August this number was severely declined, but fortunately it was positive in September. The evaluation is that in the next six mohs the number of tourists will return to the pre -war capacity of June, that is, we must re -create a new capacity and create a sense of security and talk to the target couries that is underway.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Crafts coinued:
The specific targeting of my colleagues is on priorities. We are currely focusing on Ceral Asia, the Caucasus and the Persian Gulf. There are about 6,000 pilgrimage and tourists from Iraq, but the Saudi, Kuwaiti and Bahraini tourists, and then the major Islamic couries such as Egypt, Indonesia and Malaysia are the same.
Salehi Amiri coinued:
My colleagues are now for dialogue and understanding in Indonesia; China, India and Russia are also our next goals. Our goal is to grow a 5 % annual growth and ensure this growth according to the Seveh Developme Plan.
