Tourism in Tehran Projects are Getting Underway

Some 92 tourism-related projects have recently been inaugurated across Tehran province, the provincial tourism chief has said. The projects have been allocated a budget of 12 trillion rials ($31.8 million), according to Parham Janfeshan on Tuesday.

The projects include hotels, guest houses, eco-lodge units, tourist complexes, and travel agencies, according to the official. He stated that since the projects’ inception, over 1,000 new job opportunities have been created. In addition, 58 handicraft workshops have opened in the province, he said.

According to the official, the workshops received an investment budget of 340 billion rials ($850,000). According to him, the workshops have created over 670 job opportunities for locals.

Tehran appears in historical accounts for the first time in an 11th-century chronicle as a small village north of Ray.

To name a few, Golestan Palace, Grand Bazaar, Treasury of National Jewels, National Museum of Iran, Glass & Ceramic Museum, Masoudieh Palace, Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, and Carpet Museum of Iran are all popular tourist attractions in Tehran.

 

 

 

 

Source : tehrantimes

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