Foreigners exported $ 300 million worth of Iranian handicrafts

Foreigners exported $ 300 million worth of Iranian handicrafts

The Vice President and Head of the Cultural Heritage Organization said: In the first nine months of this year, $ 490 million worth of Iranian handicrafts have been exported abroad.

Ali Asghar Monsan continued his trip to the province by attending the Meybod selection ceremony as the World City of Zillow, stating that the development of Zillobafi has two economic and cultural dimensions: In the first 9 months of this year, 190 million dollars were exported from customs bases. Has been.

He considered the export of $ 300 million handicrafts by foreign tourists as another achievement of the first 9 months of this year and added: According to surveys conducted this year, more than six million foreign tourists from different countries were present in Iran.

The head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, stating that the tourism and handicrafts sector of the country has been able to create a stable job opportunity of 50 million Tomans per person, said: Last year, one of the employment-generating organizations of the country was cultural heritage.

In another part of his speech, the Vice President pointed to the great capacities of Yazd province in the field of cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism and said: Many domestic and foreign tourists have come to this province in recent years and we hope to witness the global registration of Zillow in Meybod Be more tourists in this city and Yazd province

The head of the Cultural Heritage Organization continued: The art of Zilvi Meybod industry is the rich Iranian-Islamic art and many families have been able to generate income in this art.

In the field of handicrafts, 70% of the activists and artists in this industry are women, and they have been able to play a good role in this field, Monson said at the end of his speech.