TEHRAN – Hotels across West Azarbaijan province of Iran will give special discounts to their foreign and domestic customers on the occasion of Noruz - the Iranian new year - starting March 21.

The hotels will offer rooms at a discount of 30 percent during Noruz based on an agreement Iran Hotel Association reached with the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, CHTN quoted Hossein Emami, a provincial tourism official, as saying on Wednesday.

Earlier this months, the CHHTO announced the same privileges for travelers to provinces of Tehran, Hamedan, East Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad, Khorasan Razavi and Fars.

Most businesses and workplaces are closed during the 13-day Noruz holidays, as are schools yet nearly all of its attractions and museums are open to the public.

PHOTO: The Saint Thaddeus Monastery, a World Heritage in West Azarbaijan province

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