INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- A day-to-day average of 3,000 Iraqi tourists travel to the border of the western Iranian province of Lorestan, the Iranian consul
general in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan has said.An approximated 2,500 to 3,000 Iraqi travelers check out Lorestan for health,
religious and cultural tourism, CHTN priced quote Nasrollah Rashnudi as saying on Wednesday.This volume represents an excellent potential
for establishing tourism and even strengthening regional craft markets, the official added.Last January, Mehr reported that some 1.47 m
foreign nationals visited Iran from the start of the last Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2021) to January 1, a span the majority of which
went through serious travel restrictions due to coronavirus.Of the number, 635, 862 foreign nationals gotten here in Iran as of mid-October
when the Islamic Republic began issuance of traveler visas after a 20-month hiatus, the report added.Citizens from Iraq and Afghanistan were
the primary source of tourism for Iran from October 23 to December 22, 2021
Over the past number of years, neighboring Iraq has actually been among Irans crucial markets for tourist and pilgrimage
In January, the deputy tourist chief Ali-Asghar Shalbafian revealed that Iran had restored plans to assist in travels for Iraqi nationals
For Iraqi tourists checking out Iran, a new system has actually been implemented to ensure their security and convenience
In 2021, the 2 next-door neighbors agreed to abolish visa requirements for air travelers.The announcement came after President Ebrahim Raisi
and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi satisfied in Tehran, going over different problems consisting of visa waiver, a joint railway
task, and increasing the level of trade.Before the coronavirus pandemic, Iraqi constituted Irans largest source of tourists
In return, numerous countless Iranian pilgrims head for the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala each year to attend the Arbaeen
expedition, aka the Arbaeen trek, to mark an end to the 40-day grieving duration following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson
of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Lorestan, which is an area of raw beauty, was lived in by Iranian Indo-European individuals, including the Medes, c
Cimmerians and Scythians intermittently ruled the area from about 700 to 625 BC
The Luristan Bronzes are kept in mind for their eclectic variety of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Iranian artistic motifs.Lorestan was included
into the growing Achaemenid Empire in about 540 BC and successively became part of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid dynasties.ABU/ AM
