Salehi-Amiri said the ministry is activating the Iran Visit program to present a positive image of the country to the world. It is also developing initiatives to rebuild trust among Iranians living abroad and encourage them to visit their homeland, with greater freedom to travel to and from Iran.
Iranian CHTH Minister said the ministry’s wartime focus includes tourism infrastructure. Over the past two years, 1,372 tourism infrastructure projects worth 132 trillion tomans have been inaugurated nationwide. He added that the Ministry aims to fulfill more than 3,000 projects before the current government’s term ends.
Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said Iran’s promotion must not be viewed as the responsibility of a single institution, stressing that all government bodies have both a legal duty and a national commitment to produce content about Iran.
He added that a coordinated initiative has been launched to strengthen cultural and identity-based ties with Iranians living abroad, noting that the Supreme Council of Iranians Abroad has been established for this purpose.
The minister said four ministers and four commissions have been assigned responsibilities under the council, which is chaired by the president. The Foreign Ministry is responsible for diplomatic and consular affairs, the Economy Ministry oversees economic affairs and investment, the Science Ministry handles technology and IT, and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts is responsible for tourism.
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