Tour guides ready to nullify Iranophobia, minister claims

TEHRAN – Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has stated tour guides have significant prospective to foil anti-Iranian sentiment, also known as Iranophobia.

“Iranian tour guides by expressing the country can fight versus the so-termed Iranophobia, which certain nations around the world are seeking to distribute,” Zarghami explained.

He designed the remarks on Monday addressing an on the web function organized to mark the Global Vacationer Manual Day.

Some authorities feel even in advance of the coronavirus pandemic, Iran’s tourism was currently grappling with some challenges, on prime of individuals Western “media propaganda” aimed at scaring likely travelers absent from the Islamic Republic. They say Iran is still someway “unknown” for numerous opportunity travelers due to these types of a “media war”.

Many take into consideration vivid prospective buyers for the tourism sector of the country if it vigorously pursues in depth methods to counter U.S.-led propaganda and rigorous sanctions, however does its most effective to loosen difficult vacation restrictions.

The Islamic Republic expects to enjoy a bonanza from its various tourist places this kind of as bazaars, museums, mosques, bridges, bathhouses, madrasas, mausoleums, church buildings, towers, and mansions, of which 26 are inscribed on the UNESCO Entire world Heritage listing.

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