TEHRAN – The 10th Tehran International Tourism Exhibit will be held at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground from February 6 to 9, 2017, IRIB news reported on Sunday.

A poster for the exhibit bearing the motto of “See Iran Differently” was unveiled on Sunday at Tehran’s Laleh Hotel by Deputy Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organization (CHTHO) Director Morteza Rahmani-Movahhed.

Several foreign ambassadors and diplomats together with a number of Iranian officials and tourism activists attended the event. 

“The number of foreign participants [this year] has increased 158 percent compared to the year before,” said Farhad Aminian, the secretary of the exhibit.

Malaysian Ambassador Raja Noshirvan Zain ul Abedin delivered a speech, saying that based on official statistics global tourism has witnessed 4 percent growth over the past two years.

He also pointed out that fortunately the time is ripe for Iran to develop its tourism sector.  

In September, Rahmani-Movahhed said over 16 million foreign tourists have visited the country over the past three and a half years, in that regard some $24 billion came into the country.

Earlier in October, CHTHO Director Masoud Soltanifar said foreign tourist arrivals in Iran has been more than double that of the global average since the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.

The picture above shows a poster for the 10th Tehran International Tourism Exhibit.

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