TEHRAN - Construction of a 7-star hotel has begun in the Persian Gulf island of Kish, southern Iran, ILNA reported. 

An elegant and modern 10-strorey hotel will be built on a piece of land measuring 16,000 square meters meeting required standards, said Hossein Robati, the project investor from the private sector.

Senior MP Mohammad Reza Aref, CEO of Kish Free Zone Organization Gholamhossein Mozaffari and several local officials attended the ground-breaking ceremony, which was held on December 12.

The KFZO is in charge of handling the infrastructure affairs, development and economic growth, creating job opportunities, attracting local and foreign investors, regulating the good and labor market and ultimately utilizing the Island’s tourist potentials.

The coral island enjoys free-trade-zone status, with ever growing hotels, shopping centers, apartment blocks and retail complexes dominate the once-empty desert landscape.

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