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Methods of
investment and partnership |
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Tourism Areas Organization along with providing
the necessary infrastructures for creating and developing the plans is
ready to cooperate with local and foreign investors as follow:
1- cooperation in implementing the plans
2- cooperating in getting foreign loan for financial securing the
plans
3- cooperating in getting local loan for financial securing the plans
4- Cooperating in exploitation plans with limited time
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About
Iran
Iran has a very high significant potential in tourism and in this
field it is among the ten countries which have the high talent for
attracting tourists. There are 17 kinds of climates in the world that
12 kinds of them can be seen in Iran. The numbers of registered
historic buildings are 11000 and many historical works and buildings
of Iran have been registered in the list of world cultural heritage.
As the capacities of tourism in Iran haven’t been exploit completely,
give this opportunity to the investors in private sector to have high
economical efficiency in the field of developing tourism industry.
Geography
- Located in the expanse between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea,
Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north,
Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and Turkey and Iraq to the west.
With an area of 1,648,000 square kilometers, Iran is one of the
largest countries in the Middle East. The central plateau is mostly
sand or rock desert, and the settled areas are largely confined to the
foothills of the mountain ranges -the Alborz in the north and the
Zagros in the south and west.
The Caspian Sea in the north of Iran is the world's largest lake. Its
altitude is about 25 meters below sea level. Meanwhile, in the south,
the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman provide Iran with its main access
to international waters.
History - There is evidence of habitation in Iran as far back as
100,000 BC (the Lower Paleolithic era). Recorded history and
civilization in Iran began around 3,000 BC with the Elamites in
Khuzestan.
From 728 BC the Medes were a significant civilization but were
overthrown in 550 BC by the Persians led by Cyrus. The Persians
established a vast empire, which was conquered by Alexander the Great
some 300 years later. Alexander's empire was short-lived following his
death and Iran was then ruled by native Parthians who created a
Greek-speaking empire, which existed between 247 BC and 226 AD. This
empire was greatly weakened by prolonged clashes with Rome and it
eventually passed into the control of the Sasanians who established
Zoroastrianism as the official religion. In 640 AD, the Sasanian
Empire was conquered by Arab Muslims and for two centuries Iran was
ruled by Khalifas. Thereafter Iran was ruled by various rulers who
sought to establish their own independent states in parts of Iran. In
1502, the Safavid dynasty conquered various parts of Iran and
established Shi'ite Islam as Iran's official religion.
In the late eighteenth century the southward expansion of the Russian
empire threatened Britain's empire in the Indian subcontinent. As a
result the two nations engaged in trade and diplomatic rivalries in
Iran turning it into a semi- colonial state that was economically
controlled by them. At the start of the twentieth century internal
unrest and a weak dynastic ruler resulted in the convening of a
national assembly (the Majles) and the establishment of a constitution
in 1906.
In the economic turmoil following the First World War, a coup brought
Reza Khan to power in 1921. In 1925 he declared himself Shah.
Following his collaboration with Nazi Germany in 1941 and the
occupation of Iran by allied forces, the Shah was forced to abdicate
and his son, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, assumed control as the new
Shah. He sought to ally Iran closely with western powers and embarked
on a modernization and westernization program, which alienated the
country's religious leadership. The significant rise in oil prices in
1973-4 fuelled economic growth in Iran but at the cost of high
inflation. Economic hardship, corruption in the Shah's family and
government, increased westernization and repressive security measures
imposed by the government gave rise to significant opposition, which
manifested itself in nationwide demonstrations and strikes. As a
result, in 1979, the Shah's government collapsed and he fled the
country.
Administration -
Iran is divided into Ostans (or provinces), Ostans
into Shahrestan (or sub-provinces) and Sharestan into Dehestans (or
rural agglomerations). Based on the latest available information, the
country is divided into 28 Ostans, 293 Sharestans and 2,293 Dehestans. |
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