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tonight for your use. tonight we are the host of mr. shalban, the honorable deputy minister of tourism of the ministry of culture, tourism and handicrafts. greetings and greetings. welcome to the front page program. thank you for accepting our invitation . in the name of allah, the merciful. have a good time . i am serving you and the dear viewers of the front page program . i also congratulate you on the birthday of imam hassan askari, peace be upon him. we are at your service now. hello, in the field of tourism, fortunately, the trend we are seeing is the trend of the day. i would like to make a report first about the tourism situation. well, the 13th government started its work when the borders were closed for 20 months . it was taken that the boundaries were followed by the order

health services should be opened. well, this process started a good process. in the first three months after the borders were reopened, many of the accommodation units that were closed were reopened, and until september 1401, we had the saudi trend, especially since in july 1401, visas were canceled with the country. iraq became operational in the year of september 14011, we had 417,000, actually 417,000 tourists. unfortunately, due to the events that happened, we had a significant decrease in the following months, but fortunately, i can say that since the end of last year, and of course with the measures that it happened in

some markets, this trend is an upward trend in the seven months of 2014, we had 3 million and 90 thousand people entering, which shows a 44% growth compared to the same period of the previous year . it's been a while since we passed the worries of the corona virus and my comparison is between 1402 and 140 that the corona virus did n't actually happen. i said that we had a growing trend in saudi arabia it says that despite the impact of the conflicts, we have followed the saudi trend

since 1900, including the measures that have been taken, such as the discussion of the memorandum of understanding with china and the implementation of the cancellation of border crossings with china, and how iran will be included in the 20 recommended destinations. china canceled group visas of russia, of course, it hasn't been long. it's been about two months . visa is one of our most comprehensive plans for more than 60 countries we presented it to the responsible institutions, it is going through its own process and we hope that a more serious action

will be taken in the field of facilitating the movement of tourists in terms of entering the country, and also in terms of accessibility to the country, well, a discussion of facilitating the company's presence and activity. foreign flights were carried out to iranian destinations and not on iranian domestic routes , which is addressed in the 7th development plan in some of its provisions. these about 3 million people that you mentioned are deliberately from which countries are they mainly the forbidden market of the world's tourism market based on there are neighboring countries and the country is no exception to this rule in other words, tourism is within the region, that's why most of the countries are neighboring countries. fortunately, with the capacities that the country has, including the field of health tourism, which i will discuss now , many health tourists actually go to

according to the official announcement of the ministry of health in medical education in 1401, out of a total of 4,000 people who entered the country in the whole year , about 1,200,000 of them were related to the goals of entering the country for health. therefore, they came from neighboring countries. other than the purposes for the field pilgrimage tourism is coming, or the field of recreational tourism, which is of great interest to health, i would like to mention this point for this reason. to encourage inbound tourism, fortunately after more than 13 years, the export awards of the tourism sector were revived with the support of the honorable government. for this reason , in the allocation of export awards in 1401 with the support of

the trade development organization, the activists were appreciated. the field of inbound tourism, which deals with the issues of confronting iran's threat and also helps to improve the familiarity of tourists with the realities of the country, is the recognition of the export license. it took place and on the 29th of october, two or three days ago , these activists were honored as exporters of tourism samples. i would like to use this opportunity to say that one of the activities of the government in the field of tourism is an entry and improvement of the country's image. in the field of international affairs, there was a resolution in the form of tourism advertising in foreign languages, with the aim that any cost

to introduce the country's tourism capacities in foreign languages ​​is a tax-deductible expense, so this is an incentive. it is provided for economic activists and not only tourism activists may they help to improve the image of the country abroad, the number you said, which is 44 , has increased compared to the previous period. million people, but like many countries in the world and the global trend , we have not yet recovered from the corona virus . being the country of azerbaijan, naturally, these are due to existing issues

actually, the number of tourists from azerbaijan has decreased from one tenth to less than one tenth, as well as one from other countries due to the considerations that exist in issuing their visas, the number of incoming tourists is about 500 compared to the previous period. corona and the ratio of 2018 has decreased, our conclusion is that if the same trend that i mentioned continues, naturally, at the end of 1402, we will go to the statistics before corona , yes, to the statistics before corona, with the exception of these markets that i mentioned, almost in our opinion. we will have at least 6 million people because we have about 3 million and 90 thousand people entering the country up to seven months of the year. in fact, the entry of these figures into the country

will increase especially in the last four months of the year , usually in october and november because it is the same issue in the neighboring markets. schools are seasonal, so we will have a reduction. for example, if i compare, in shahrivar mehram 1401, the total number of incoming tourists was 267,000, in 142,525 . but if i want to compare the statistics of shahrivar 1402 with mehr, in shahrivar 1402, 7410 people entered the country out of 525 thousand people . abahan is impressive and in the months leading up to the end of the year, due to the symmetry of the lunar calendar with religious occasions, they will compensate for this. in this way , i want to conclude that if we continue this trend, which is fortunately growing , maybe compared to many countries

with the exception of the two cases that i mentioned, we will reach the pre-corona recovery. of course, we hope that with the approval of the cancellation of visas that i mentioned , our markets will actually improve, and especially the improvement of political relations with some countries in the region. naturally, these tourists will be replaced now. happy let's say that before 9, i have the global trend. in the global trends, naturally, reaching the figures, actually before the corona disease , there is a topic with which comparisons are made. okay, let's see a report about the causes of tourism in we are going to the country, the conversation continues, the economy minus the oil depends on the development of the prosperity of the province, i don't

think that there may be one or two exceptions, but tourism can be a serious axis in all the provinces . for the development of tourism, he created the farrangi blueberry festival, the gulabgi festival, and the grape picking festival the potato picking festival is an excuse to hold a festival and attract tourism and health tourism is also one of the capacities of tourism development . there are about 255 hospitals, limited clinics, whether government or private, that have a health tourism license. and the translators and the three days of the four days. according to vision document 144

, with the arrival of 20 million foreign tourists, a percentage of the global income of this industry, equivalent to 30 billion dollars, should be given to the country. due to the revision of the foreign investment law and the guarantee of capital principle investments and arrangements for the return of money actually provide the opportunity that in the field. investors can also use these capacities. in the previous year, 12 projects with an investment of over 141 million dollars in the field of tourism managed to attract foreign investment. iran is a good destination for investment, and if they provide suitable facilities for chinese investors, we welcome the tourism infrastructure of our country, but it is not enough to attract this number of tourists, and more attention should be paid to this sector. according to experts,

measures such as cancellation of visas with other countries in along with realizing foreign investment and introducing the attractions of our country to foreign tourists, it can be the first steps for the growth of foreign tourism in our country. nasreen bachur, a radio reporter. okay, mr. shaal, let's talk about the 7th plan considering that we are involved in its approval in the parliament. one of the indicators that was approved a few days ago is that at the end of the final year of our 7th plan every year. we must have passengers, i mean, now you said that, for example, about 7 million people , twice as much, this should happen, we have infrastructure. hamon is so responsive that i thank you for the report that was submitted and for the good question

that you asked. one of the main concerns that existed and continues to be related to infrastructure is one of the good resolutions that came in the last two years in the budget law. the honorable government approved the allocation of a part of the property acquisition credits of the provinces in the field of tourism infrastructure, which we can say is a leap. which has been significant in allocating provincial credits to tourism infrastructure. see, from these two years, about 12 and 65. the project was opened with an investment amount of more than 31 thousand billion tomans one of the reasons for the opening of these projects is the completion of tourism infrastructure for projects with high physical development through the same approvals , for this reason, the honorable government repeated this in the budget law of 1402 and caused a

good amount of participation by the honorable governors. according to the size of the tourism projects currently under construction, there are about 2080 projects with an investment amount of 367 thousand billion tomans. therefore, part of the defects that actually exist in the infrastructure can be seen through the completion of these projects, a geographical distribution. it is different but one of the program the discussion that followed, especially in the allocation of funds in note 18, is the allocation of funds for the renovation and reconstruction of existing projects. see, in some provinces, especially our large provinces , we are facing the challenge of allocating land for tourism facilities

, one of the ways that can compensate. in fact our shortages are our shortcomings, especially in cities like shiraz, isfahan, tehran , yazd, etc. there are reconstructions in reality, which both support the activists of this field and actually compensate for the lack of suitable land in some parts of the city . 258 projects that i presented which are mainly residential projects and i would like to say that through those 120 and actually 65 projects , about 29,000 residential beds have been added from the indicators that are actually considered in the seventh plan , the completion of tourism infrastructure through

considering some incentives, for example, to complete the tourism infrastructure in the field of recreation, well, with the proposal of the honorable government and the approval of the honorable parliament, all the costs of importing cruise ships , special equipment for tourism, special vehicles , which we lack, right now, we are one of the in fact, the challenges that for actually transfer on the ground, we have tourists in the area, let's say buses and special vehicles for tourism, or in the area of ​​recreational tourism, for example, the use of desert tourism attractions, we actually have a problem with special recreational equipment . that is, for example, like campers and caravans, these are actually cars, buses, special tourism equipment

used in the field of tourism, with the approval of the ministry of cultural heritage, manual tourism, and the cooperation of the ministry of roads and urban inspection, they are actually exempt from paying entry fees. they will be. well, it was a serious incentive that the government considered, and it is the same in the rest of the provisions of the program. the completion of the same projects was added, one of the plans, one of the other decrees, especially with regard to the notification that the supreme leader of the revolution had in all the policies of the seventh plan, also the independent mart that exists in the field of tourism, all sea-based economy, in fact, to activate the

tourism economy. coastal and sea are independent two terms in the seventh program, one of the things is to facilitate the process of decision-making and issuance of permits for coastal and marine tourism projects by giving authority to respected governors. let it be done and it will be voted again in the court. one of the other incentives considered is a combination. see, we must acknowledge that some of the financial facilities that are being allocated in terms of the process of allocating time credits. it is because of the possible credit limits of the banks have. in the combined facilities, the possibility of actually creating tourism facilities along with

commercial and administrative facilities became possible with the approval of the honorable parliament. this is one of the new financing methods implemented in the field of tourism, and these are some of the rulings that i just explained, in addition to perhaps the most important ruling that came in the seventh plan in the field of tourism, from our point of view, strengthening the private sector and related institutions. with the private sector in such a way that the initiative of handing over some of the affairs that are within the scope of the private sector to the relevant organizations will activate the initiative for the presence of the private sector, which means that i would like to answer your question in a different way. our infrastructures are facing serious challenges and a serious move must be made. many countries in the region

, which is a question for many people, or is it a respected expert, take serious decisions to be able to do so in any order . develop their tourism. some of the provisions in the 7th plan, such as the issue of airlines facilitating the presence of airlines or the issue of encouraging the presence of investors in the field of tourism, can be helpful . staying in hotels for citizens will have this tendency towards travel compress, which he has now, i don't know what is the equivalent of compro, now why don't they take it, why do you use the farsi equivalent of compress , the one he is using? it's a very good thing, but some people can do this if they are in a good situation, that means they can, that means they have the money, they can go, for example , to europe, i don't know, or, for example, to buy countries

, now they can bring them inside without customs, but all of them who are now in their own country, except for one brand that is a basically, there is a vision that is in its own card under the title, for example, a camper or a caravan is registered , the rest are all hand-built and these, for example , have insurance problems. they have license plate problems, they have traffic problems, and sometimes they are even involved with the traffic police because of this incident, which is the user's problem , why do you turn this into a thank you in these areas , that is, for those who do not have the situation to go to the end, and by the way, the development of this type travels can help our tourism a lot . what action has the ministry really taken so that these people can easily change the camper or the car they want to buy here and equip it? and with my family, you can see the width that i had, one of its examples is actually a compressor for its import, but many of our places of residence need

internal transportation for the tourists themselves, they need reliable buses, they need special tourism vehicles, they need recreational equipment, an extension that it happened in this area, i mean, the tendency of the people, in fact, if i want to talk about the campers, what you mentioned, of course , the traffic police also have their own religious concerns , that's why a working group was formed and over the course of 5 months the past is organizing these in such a way it is possible for these activities to exist, and for the safety of the people, it should be ensured that the buying and selling of these should be regulated. this is the answer to the need that you mentioned, as well as ensuring that if buying and selling takes place, it must be within the framework of ensuring their safety and security

. it was east azarbaijan province that was registered as world tourism at the world tourism organization summit. there is a question about this for the development of tourism and zirs in particular what are your plans these days and if we want to compare this with cappadocia in turkey. which are not dissimilar to each other in terms of shape and appearance. it is said that it hosts two million foreign tourists every year . can kondovan of east azerbaijan reach such a position ? i will show you the specific form, so you can see that one of our central policies in the field of domestic and foreign tourism is to organize trips to different destinations. therefore, in 2022, we hosted mazandaran as the host of member countries.

the title of the capital of member states. in 2023 , ardabil had this host. fortunately, semnan province was accepted as a member of aaf of silk city in the recent meeting. and this distribution policy is actually tourism, whether domestic tourism or inbound tourism between different cities. one of the central policies that we will follow. your colleagues help us a lot to introduce complementary and alternative tourist destinations during peak travel days, and we see the result of this. we strongly believe that our domestic tourism should not be limited to some cities known because all these cities have three axes, one axis is actually the provinces of the western axis of the country, which

have unique capacities in terms of historical and natural capacities. in fact, the history and background that actually exist, these should not be deprived of the economic effects of tourism, and tourism is a security factor, one of the issues that will be the focus of the president's visit during his visit to kurdistan province. round field because this is the field of tourism the characteristics of that province's inherent potentials in the area of ​​the western axis and in fact the opportunities it can create have been taken into consideration in the last two years. one of the other axes is actually the northwestern axis of the country .

ardabil province, which i mentioned in east and west azerbaijan province, we have binary capacity, the selection of these villages and their introduction by the islamic republic of iran was a conscious policy that which villages should actually be introduced. villages can actually this policy they should create a proper structure, of course, each of these eight villages that were introduced , and of course, rozai kondovan was selected in 2023, and this process will continue, that is, to each their own , but regarding kondovan , i would like to say that in terms of potential yes, kondovan has the capacity, one of the things that was followed was the introduction of shan kondovan , which was done with the global registration.

next, pay attention to the substructures of my tourism let me tell you that ardabil province of ilam, east azerbaijan is in the list of the best provinces that allocate infrastructure funds to the field of tourism. this process will continue in kandhavan, the plan that has been prepared, so that the village's sustainable capacity and the livelihood of the local residents are not questioned. and their interactions should not be under the influence, because one of its breadth that causes it to be recorded and other villages can remain the interactions and values ​​of the village. azarbayjan province it is eastern, kondubane province, therefore , it will be very crowded except during the peak travel days of the year. this must

be controlled. capacity should be built for the infrastructure, which would not actually cause dissatisfaction to both the local community and the tourists. now, with the current situation , which does not have this capacity, for example, 2 million per year , infrastructure work should be done in kondovan, for example , it can happen in turkey. look, i said the same way, the more attention is actually paid to the tourism field, the more attention we have to this capacity building. infrastructural, advertising attention, attention in fact to the same field as in turkey, we have actually started some of the rulings that i presented or the actions that i presented show the determination of the government to pay attention to these areas, so it is appropriate