TEHRAN-- The west-central city of Hamedan will become a hub for kidss tourism, an authorities with the citys town has said.There is a plan to establish Hamedan into the nations hub for kidss tourist, Amir Fathian explained on Friday.With its 250-hectare park of Ekbatan, Hamedan will become a child-friendly getaway location, the main added.Private sector financiers can make great returns by purchasing this park, which has a financial investment capability of 20 trillion rials ($50 million), he noted.Experts state that nomadic tourism, kidss tourist, virtual museums, and training guides for cultural heritage sites are among the untapped capacities of the travel sector.However, tourist for children and teenagers is in some way a disregarded subject, despite the importance of a kids life trajectory approximately the age of 17/18 in terms of the psychological and social effect it has on their development of subjectivity.Known in classical times as Ecbatana, Hamedan was one of the ancient worlds greatest cities.

Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but considerable parts of the town hall are provided over to excavations.

Ecbatana was the capital of Media and subsequently a summertime residence of the Achaemenian kings who ruled Persia from 553 to 330 BC.Hamedan has actually had lots of names: it was perhaps the Bit Daiukki of the Assyrians, Hangmatana, or Agbatana, to the Medes, and Ecbatana to the Greeks.

Among the Median capitals, under Cyrus II (the Great; died 529 BC) and later Achaemenian rulers, it was the site of a royal summer palace.About 1220 Hamedan was ruined by the Mongols.

In 1386, it was sacked by Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, and the residents were massacred.

It was partly brought back in the 17th century and subsequently altered hands typically in between Iranian judgment houses and the Ottomans.Sitting on a high plain, Hamedan is happily cool in August however snow prone and freezing from December to March.

In summer, the air is frequently hazy.Ali Sadr cavern, Ganjnameh inscriptions, Avicenna Mausoleum, Hegmataneh hill, Alaviyan dome, Jameh mosque, and St.

Stephanos Gregorian Church are amongst Hamedans tourist attractions to call a few.ABU/ AM