Ahvaz Tourism Workshop for Students Aimed at Strengthening Tourism Literacy

The head of Ahvaz's Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Office announced a children's tourism workshop titled 'Paper Journey and Sun with the Imaginative Children's Sail' at Saramad School in Ahvaz. He stressed that tourism education using innovative, interactive approaches plays a key role in strengthening children's sense of place attachment and cultural identity.

The head of the Ahvaz Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department announced the holding of a children's tourism training workshop titled "Paper and sun journey with an imaginary sail for children" in the Sarmad School of Ahvaz and emphasized that tourism education with new and interactive approaches plays a key role in strengthening children's sense of place and cultural identity.

According to the report of Aria's Heritage reporter, Zohra Parvizi announced this news on October 21, 1405 and added: "Paper trip and sun with children's imaginary sail" program was held in the Saramad School of the 3rd Education District of Ahvaz with the aim of improving tourism literacy and familiarizing students with the tangible and intangible attractions of Khuzestan province.

The head of Ahvaz Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department stated that this educational event was focused on increasing students' awareness of historical, natural and cultural attractions and stated: Strengthening children's cultural identity and sense of belonging to a place through the development of cognitive skills, observation and visual memory was our main approach in this program, which was realized by using visual and audio media.

He continued: This educational workshop was based on "experiential learning", "child-centered" and "informal education" and during it, multimedia content including pictures and documentary films of tourist attractions of the province with educational narration was presented to the students in order to create a positive and responsible attitude towards the protection of cultural heritage and the environment.

Parvizi also pointed to the role of Mahdis Makundi, the expert guide for children's tourism in Khuzestan province, in the successful implementation of this program and said: designing interactive games based on tourist attractions, such as identifying pictures, naming places, matching historical features with pictures, as well as question and answer sessions, was able to stimulate the active participation of children and turn tourism education into an attractive and lasting experience.

While pointing to the wide acceptance of the students and the satisfaction of the school officials for holding this workshop, he noted: This program, which was accompanied by giving gifts to the participants to motivate them, is a successful and repeatable model for other schools and educational centers, and we hope that with the continuation of such approaches, we will witness the cultivation of a generation that will protect the cultural heritage and valuable assets of their land.