Walnut and Pomegranate Festivals to Be Held in Khalkhal County

Ardabil – Ardabil's Director General of Cultural Heritage announced that walnut and pomegranate festivals will be held in Khalkhal County.

Ardabil - Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ardabil announced the holding of walnut and pomegranate festivals in Khalkhal city.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Jalil Jabari in the coordination meeting of walnut and pomegranate festivals in Khalkhal city, he said: According to the arrangements made and with the cooperation of related institutions, the 4th clover walnut festival will be held on Thursday 23 October and the third Nemhil pomegranate festival will be held on 30 October in Khalkhal city.

Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ardabil province added: Khalkhal city has a special capacity in the field of tourism and local festivals should take steps in line with the development of this industry through the introduction of capacities and attractions.

He emphasized: Local festivals should be effective in attracting tourists by introducing the capabilities of different regions, and these two festivals in Khalkhal city introduce both the garden products of these regions and also introduce customs, traditions, handicrafts and native culture of the region.

Jabari continued: The development of event-based tourism is one of our goals at the provincial level, and we use various natural, historical, cultural and handicraft capacities to implement tourism events in order to play a role in the balanced development of tourism.