Walnut and Pomegranate Festivals to Be Held in Khalkhal; Need to Leverage Local Festivals for Tourism Development

The director general of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ardabil Province, at a coordination meeting for the walnut and pomegranate festivals of Khalkhal County, stressed the importance of introducing the region's cultural, tourism and local product capacities at these festivals.

Director General of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Ardabil province emphasized the importance of introducing cultural capacities, tourism and native products of the region in the coordination meeting of Walnut and Pomegranate festivals of Khalkhal city.

According to the reporter of Arya Heritage, Jalil Jabari said in the coordination meeting of walnut and pomegranate festivals in Khalkhal city: According to the arrangements made and with the cooperation of related institutions, the fourth clover walnut festival will be held on Thursday, October 23, and the third Nemhil pomegranate festival will be held in Khalkhal city on October 30.

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.