Happy World Environment Day

Happy World Environment Day!
A Pleasant environment starts with us.
Let’s be kind to every part of nature and everything that lives. It’s our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and conserve to the world that we live in.

Happy World Environment Day

Iran will no longer require Chinese visitors to obtain visas

The Iranian government has approved visa-free policy for Chinese tourists visiting Iran. The authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran have decided to abolish entry visa to Iran unilaterally for Chinese with the purpose of attracting more Chinese tourists to the country. Tourism board Chief Ali Asghar Mounesan told that “we aim to host two million Chinese tourists per year using our country's numerous attractions.”

 Iran will no longer require Chinese visitors to obtain visas

The story of the first flight over Iran.

10 years after the invention of airplane by Wright brothers, on the 4th of January 1914 (during Qajar dynasty) the first airplane flew over Iran. Mr. Kuzminski, who was a Polish pilot assembled the separated parts of an airplane in Russia and transferred it to Iran through the Caspian Sea. This airplane was ready for a demonstration flight in Tehran and on the due day many of the people of Tehran bought expensive tickets to watch the first airplane flying over their city. Ahmad Shah, the Qajar king and the courtiers were also invited to this show. The airplane had a short flight and the people were amazed but this wasn’t without a trouble. The pilot couldn’t find a suitable area for landing so he landed in the middle of the Mashq Square perforce! Mashq Square was a vast area for military maneuvers and training of the army during Qajar dynasty. It is said that the airplane had a crash with a giant cannon in the middle of the Mashq square but the pilot wasn't injured. The airplane remained in the Mashq square for weeks and the king and his deputies took a photograph with that. The people also came to see the metal bird closely.

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Ahmad shah and his deputies taking a photo with the first airplane in Tehran.

27 September is World Tourism Day!

World Tourism Day (WTD) has been celebrated by United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) every year on September 27^th since 1980 to foster international awareness about the importance of tourism and its positive impact on culture, politic and economy. This date was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the adoption of UNWTO statutes on 1970.

World tourism day theme for 2016 is: “Tourism for All – promoting universal accessibility”, which means providing accessible tourism for all of the people including disabled people even temporary, families with small children and old population.

UNWTO forecasts a 3.5 % to 4.5% growth in international tourist arrival in 2016 and predicts that tourist arrivals will reach 1.8 billion by 2030!

Tourists in Iran.