TEHRAN (Iran News) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province rose by about 33 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2019), compared to the preceding period, the top provincial tourism official said. The provincial head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The number of foreign tourists visiting Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province rose by about 33 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2019), compared to the preceding period, the top provincial tourism official said.
The provincial head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department, Majid Safaei said that the mountainous province enjoys ample attractive features that make it known as the land of four seasons.
Safaei in an interview with IRNA said on Tuesday that “this year, 1,200 foreign tourists have so far been visiting Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.”
He added that the total number of foreign tourists visiting the province last year was 1,311.
The official said that creating appropriate infrastructure in tourism, including growth of hotels’ capacities, transportation (air and rail), recreational and accommodation camps and tourism target villages, could greatly attract larger numbers of tourists.
The province is mostly mountainous in terrain, part of the Zagros range. The highest point is the Dena summit with a height of 5,109 meters (over 4,000 meters high above the sea level) which is covered with oak forests.
There are over 250 tourist attractions in the province comprising of historical monuments and eye-catching natural beauties.
The city accommodates 2,600 historical monuments from which 750 have been recorded as Iran’s National Heritage List.
- source : Iran Daily, Irannews
