Strawberry festival to be held in Mazandaran

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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facilities particularly tourist service offices should have programs to draw tourists, he said.He explained that the tourism sector is an
economic, social and cultural phenomenon that can be expanded through innovation, adding that it can thrive by rendering appropriate
services and continuous supervision.The week-long strawberry festival will begin on April 17.Mazandaran ranks second after Kordestan
province in the production of strawberries
The annual strawberry harvest festival has the potential to promote tourism in the province.Iran is set to increase its strawberry
production to 70,300 metric tons by 2026, a growth of 1.8 percent each year
Since 1985, the country has seen an average annual increase of 2.1 percent
In 2021, Iran ranked twentieth, with Ukraine ahead of it at 63,060 metric tons
The United States, Mexico, and Egypt ranked second, third, and fourth respectively.KD
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times