Persian New Year: Tehran gets ready to welcome visitors

February 28, 2024 - 17:44

TEHRAN – As preparations unfold for the spring holidays and Ramadan coinciding with Nowruz, Tehran’s tourism chief has revealed plans to serve visitors in the best way possible.

Regarding the Tehran Municipality’s plans, Amir Ghasemi pinpointed that a series of meetings are being held in the wake of cooperating Nowruz travels.

He also outlined how special the occasion is, considering the convergence of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan with the celebration of Nowruz, which shed light on the importance of suitable planning for the travel surge. 

The official detailed the services provided by the organization, stressing that some different urban tours are arranged, including bicycle tours and walking tours, to name a few.

Discussing the free walking tours, Ghasemi underscored that 24 paths are planned in the different areas of Tehran comprising paying visits to historical sites, under the guidance of expert tour leaders.

The official mentioned collaborative efforts with other provinces, including, decorating main squares with other 30 provinces’ elements and distributing Tehran tourism maps at the departure paths of other cities in aiming to introduce the capital’s tourism capacities.

The official highlighted the responsibility of the municipality, ensuring to track every concern by any means related to the tourism sphere.

Every year, the Iranian capital welcomes millions of visitors during the spring holidays.

According to the statistics revealed by related officials, more than six million vehicles arrived in Tehran in the course of the last two weeks of the Nowruz holidays.

Tehran is also the leading place in passenger traffic among all provinces, which throws light on the significance of further planning to serve visitors as best as possible.