Iran's Post-War Tourism Regeneration Document Officially Issued

Iran's Deputy Minister of Tourism, stressing the need to redefine Iran's tourism development path in line with new global trends and developments, announced the issuance of the strategic and operational document for the regeneration of Iranian tourism in the post-war period.

According to Ambassador Arjan Anoushirvan Mohsenibandapi, emphasizing the necessity of redefining Iran's tourism development path in line with modern global developments and trends, he announced the announcement of the strategic and operational document for re-creating and promoting the competitiveness of Iran's tourism in the post-war period and announced: This document aims to create unity in decision-making, prioritize executive actions and strengthen Iran's competitive position, and provides a common framework for re-creating the country's tourism brand at the national and provincial levels.

Referring to the notification of the strategic and operational document "Recreation and Promotion of the Competitiveness of Iran's Tourism in the Transitional and Post-War Periods", he stated: This document was compiled with the focus of the Office of Studies, Education and Tourism Planning and with the participation of the Ministry's specialized areas at the headquarters and provincial levels and other governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.

According to Mohsenibandapi, the main purpose of compiling this document is to determine the directions, priorities, and executive requirements for re-creating Iran's tourism in the transition period and to provide a common basis for decision-making and coordinated action at the national and provincial levels; An approach that seeks the future of Iran's tourism not only in returning to pre-crisis conditions, but also in redefining the country's competitive advantages and intelligently aligning with the new world tourism trends.

Emphasizing the necessity of going beyond merely reactive approaches in facing the crisis, he added: the future of Iran's tourism depends on our ability to recreate the national brand, strengthen competitive advantages and intelligently align with the global developments of this industry. From this point of view, while paying attention to the existing conditions, this document focuses on designing operational and coordinated routes to improve the country's tourism competitiveness.

The vice president of tourism of the country considered the recreation of the image and brand of Iran's tourism as one of the main axes of this document and stated: In this framework, the promotion of the competitiveness of Iran's tourism has been emphasized around the three product clusters of "nature-oriented tourism, ecotourism and community-oriented tourism", "health tourism, including medicine, wellness and recovery of the mind and psyche" and "cultural and historical tourism". These clusters have the capacity to rely on Iran's territorial, cultural and specialized advantages, to provide the basis for strengthening the country's position in tourism markets and redefining its image in the international arena.

Mohsenibandapi pointed out that the realization of the goals of this document requires synergy between different departments, effective participation of stakeholders, and the transformation of strategic directions into specific and evaluable implementation plans. Therefore, the communicated document is not only limited to drawing the vision and setting priorities, but also considers a mechanism to follow up the actions, measure the progress and evaluate the results.

In addition, he emphasized the responsibility of the provincial general offices and the specialized offices of the tourism deputy in the coordinated implementation of the programs and said: it is expected that the areas and the specialized offices of the tourism deputy, in continuous and targeted interaction with the office of studies, education and tourism planning, will match their implementation plans with the objectives of the document and while implementing the activities and measures foreseen in the designated time frames, they will regularly monitor and report the progress and the level of achievement of the goals.

The Deputy Minister of Tourism of the country added: continuous monitoring of measures, evaluation of the progress of programs and compilation of periodical reports by the responsible units, provides the possibility of identifying implementation obstacles, correcting the course of measures in a timely manner and providing an accurate picture of the degree of realization of the goals of the document. Based on this, it is expected that all relevant units will submit quarterly reports on the progress of the measures to be summarized and presented to the Tourism Vice-Chancellor at the disposal of the Office of Tourism Studies, Education and Planning.

In the end, Mohsenibandapi emphasized: Success in re-creating Iran's tourism requires a link between strategic policy-making, operational planning, institutional coordination and continuous monitoring of results. The consistent implementation of this document can provide the basis for strengthening the country's tourism competitiveness, re-creating Iran's brand, and moving more purposefully towards a sustainable future in line with the developments in the world's tourism industry.