$ 600 million worth of handicrafts for Iran
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism said: In the handicrafts sector, we started the commercialization project from the beginning of the twelfth government, which resulted in about 600 million dollars from the sale of handicrafts through official and informal exports of handicrafts.
Ali Asghar Monsan stated: Good plans have been created for new tourism axes; The west of the country was full of capacity that was added to the country’s tourism destinations. We paid special attention to the south of the country so that tourism would not be limited to the north of the country and we would see a uniform distribution of tourists.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism stated: Qazvin was a transit point, which we hope will become a tourist destination with the infrastructure that is being provided; Qazvin is located next to densely populated provinces such as Tehran and Alborz, which we hope can be an important tourist destination in the surrounding target market. 18 hotels will be built in Qazvin, of which 2 are five-star hotels. To date, Qazvin province has not had a hotel with this number of stars.
He added: The comprehensive tourism plan of the country was approved by the government after a long time, and good rulings have been seen for all executive bodies. The national brand document of the country was also unveiled, and soon the document of the National Tourism Action Plan, which outlines tourism plans, will be prepared to boost the tourism sector.
Monson explained: In the handicrafts sector, we started the commercialization plan from the beginning of the twelfth government. In this plan, efforts were made to brand, design based on the tastes of the market and the customer, and to update them. Fortunately, we focused on creating new markets, which led to formal and informal exports. Officially issued from customs and unofficially bought by tourists; About $ 600 million came from the sale of handicrafts, which is a good number and we are looking to reach $ 1 billion.
He attended Imamzadeh Hussein (AS) and said: Imamzadeh Hussein are the children of Imam Reza (AS) that the construction of this tomb dates back to the Safavid era; In the construction work in historical places where the structures are brick and the use of technology for restoration work will be very complex, my colleagues in this building worked very hard and we must also thank the Endowment Organization.
The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, noting that the restoration of Imamzadeh Hussein (AS) is an example of restoration work, said: 320 cultural heritage projects will be put into operation soon by the President, all of them are unique works that despite the budget With the help of private sector investors, we have been able to preserve these monuments.
Announcing that 2,000 cultural heritage projects are being implemented in the country, he said: Our trend in the tourism sector was a good trend before Corona. In 2019, we were recognized as the second growth in tourism in the world and the number of tourists exceeded eight million. , While this number was always around four million to four million 800 thousand people. Corona has damaged tourism in the world, and we hope to see a resurgence of the tourism sector next year with the arrival of the corona vaccine and its treatment.
Monsan announced: Tourism projects with a credit of 137 thousand billion Tomans are being implemented in the country and to date in the twelfth government we have completed projects with 22 thousand billion Tomans.