TEHRAN-- A day-to-day average of 3,000 Iraqi tourists travel to the border of the western Iranian province of Lorestan, the Iranian consul general in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan has said.An approximated 2,500 to 3,000 Iraqi travelers check out Lorestan for health, religious and cultural tourism, CHTN priced quote Nasrollah Rashnudi as saying on Wednesday.This volume represents an excellent potential for establishing tourism and even strengthening regional craft markets, the official added.Last January, Mehr reported that some 1.47 m foreign nationals visited Iran from the start of the last Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2021) to January 1, a span the majority of which went through serious travel restrictions due to coronavirus.Of the number, 635, 862 foreign nationals gotten here in Iran as of mid-October when the Islamic Republic began issuance of traveler visas after a 20-month hiatus, the report added.Citizens from Iraq and Afghanistan were the primary source of tourism for Iran from October 23 to December 22, 2021.
Over the past number of years, neighboring Iraq has actually been among Irans crucial markets for tourist and pilgrimage.
In January, the deputy tourist chief Ali-Asghar Shalbafian revealed that Iran had restored plans to assist in travels for Iraqi nationals.
For Iraqi tourists checking out Iran, a new system has actually been implemented to ensure their security and convenience.
In 2021, the 2 next-door neighbors agreed to abolish visa requirements for air travelers.The announcement came after President Ebrahim Raisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi satisfied in Tehran, going over different problems consisting of visa waiver, a joint railway task, and increasing the level of trade.Before the coronavirus pandemic, Iraqi constituted Irans largest source of tourists.
In return, numerous countless Iranian pilgrims head for the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala each year to attend the Arbaeen expedition, aka the Arbaeen trek, to mark an end to the 40-day grieving duration following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Lorestan, which is an area of raw beauty, was lived in by Iranian Indo-European individuals, including the Medes, c.
1000 BC.
Cimmerians and Scythians intermittently ruled the area from about 700 to 625 BC.
The Luristan Bronzes are kept in mind for their eclectic variety of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Iranian artistic motifs.Lorestan was included into the growing Achaemenid Empire in about 540 BC and successively became part of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid dynasties.ABU/ AM