1,471 Tourism Projects with 150 Hemmat in Investment Enter Operation

Deputy for Tourism at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, referring to the opening of the Kolah-Farangi Mansion restaurant in Qom, announced that 1,471 tourism projects with total investment of 150 hemmat have entered operation during the first two years of the Fourteenth Administration. He also said the ministry is ready to provide facilities to tourism businesses in Qom Province.

Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage:

Referring to the opening of the canteen of the Kolahfarangi Qom mansion, the Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage announced the operation of 1,471 tourism projects with an investment of 150 million in the two years of the 14th government, and also announced the readiness of the ministry to provide facilities to the tourism units of Qom province.

According to the reporter of Aria Heritage, the public relations of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Qom Province, Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandapi, Deputy Tourism Minister of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, on the sidelines of the opening of tourism projects in Qom this evening, Tuesday 21 October, in an interview with the reporter of Aria Heritage, appreciated the effective measures and the in-depth look of the governor of Qom to the development areas of the province, especially tourism, said: Three five-star hotels are being built in Qom province. Astronomy tourism was opened today in the historical house of Mulla Sadra with the use of thematic tourism in the city of Kokhek and the mansion of Kolah Farangi in the city of Qom.

The Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts added: The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, in the 14th government, has put all its efforts into providing the necessary support for these projects to be put into operation in the shortest possible time, considering the importance of the role of tourism in all economic, social, cultural, employment and foreign exchange fields.

Bandapi stated: In the two years of the 14th government, more than 3 million square meters have been added to the tourism development infrastructure, and 1,471 projects have been put into operation with an investment of more than 150 hemats.

Announcing his readiness to support small businesses and large projects, he noted: both for small businesses such as ecotourism and handicrafts and for large projects such as five-star and four-star hotels, there is a readiness to provide suitable facilities to activists.

The Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, in response to a question about the facility program for tourism units, said: Facilities for tourism are provided in the form of ecotours and the promotion of handicrafts with an interest rate of four percent. Qom is one of the provinces whose share of provincial resources was higher in this field.

Bandapi stated: Among the provinces whose provincial share had a special look, it was Qom province, which the governor of Qom followed up on, and we are helping as much.

Explaining the financing sources of tourism projects, he added: We do not have any restrictions regarding the National Development Fund as well as bank deposits. In this year's National Development Fund, 12 efforts have been allocated and according to the movement that has started in Qom province, there is this readiness in the ministry to help Qom province.