INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
history, culture, social and tourism potential, as well as the availability of suitable accommodation, hospitality, and leisure facilities,
the projects, the official added.He also noted that tourism-related projects generated 1,767 job opportunities across the province during
has suffered a loss of some 320 trillion rials ($1.1 billion) since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.The pandemic has also ruined
more than 44,000 jobs in a once budding travel sector of the country, the report added.Experts believe accommodation centers suffered the
most as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Iran and its subsequent unemployment and financial losses.The provincial capital of
Urmia, also spelled Orumiyeh, lies just west of Lake Urmia on a large fertile plain that yields grains, fruits, tobacco, and other crops
The population is mainly Azeri Turkish, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities
The remains of ancient settlements are scattered over the plain, as are traces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu.West Azarbaijan embraces a
variety of lush natural sceneries, cultural heritage sites, and museums including the UNESCO sites of Takht-e Soleyman and Qareh Klise (St
Thaddeus Monastery), Teppe Hasanlu, and the ruined Bastam Citadel.The region was home to several ancient civilizations
generals, Atropates, who established a small kingdom there
