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Tourism: Iran hopes to Millionengewinne

After the completion of the Atomabkommens and the removal of sanctions puts Iran more on tourism and loosens up its visa regulations.

In the future, to a foreigner your visa upon arrival at the airport to receive, as a spokesman of the Ministry of foreign Affairs confirmed. The rule applies not to citizens of the USA, the UK, France and eight other countries, the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

By 2025, 20 million tourists annually visiting the country, the revenue should increase to 30 billion US dollars annually. Since March 2015, more than four million visitors, the Iran-travelled, that is an increase of five percent compared to the previous year. Two-thirds of the guests come from neighbouring countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan, most of them are pilgrims, the Holy sites of Shia Islam visit.

Tourists from Western countries, only five percent of the visitors, the tendency is rising. The country of Iran applies in comparison with other regions as a relatively safe. It benefited from the fact that many tourists after the terrorist attacks in Egypt and Tunisia to alternative destinations to Dodge. “The decision to play in peace and security a large role. The Atomabkommen and the travel of President Rohani to Italy and France for Iran causes a lot”, said Ebrahim Pourfaraj, the head of Pasargad Tours and Chairman of the Association of Iranian tour operators.

The balance sheet is positive. The Four – and five – star Hotels in the cities of Isfahan, Schiras, and Yazd are booked up months in advance. English and French tour guides are until the end of 2017 is busy.

The Tourismusboom in Iran had started in 2013 with the election of the new President Hassan Rohani. Iran, as a tourist destination a long time was taboo, now attracts with the appeal as an exotic and relatively untouched tourist destination. It offers Ski-Resorts, UNESCO world heritage sites, desert landscapes and fascinating cities such as Isfahan or Schiras.

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