By Soudabeh Sadigh - Cultural Heritage News - Tehran, IranMonday, August 13, 2007
Focusing on spiritual tourism, Mr. Mehmet Kaya, the cultural attaché of the Turkish Embassy in Tehran, announced the launching of religious ideological tourism in Mashhad-Konya axis.
“A number of meetings have been held so far between Iranian and Turkish cultural and tourism authorities in this regard. In a near future the executive basics for bringing this project into force will be compiled. Based on this project, launching direct flight between Mashhad and Konya is under investigation,” said Kaya.
According to Turkish cultural attaché in Tehran, 12 experts of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization attended in a 3-day meeting which was held in this regard in Turkey to see the approaches for promoting tourism industry in Mashhad-Konya axis.
“Both cities have a prominent role in religious ideological tourism, Konya for hosting the tomb of Rumi, great philosopher and poet, and Mashhad for being the city where the shrine of Imam Reza, the eight Shiite Imam, is located,” added Kaya.
Mentioning the importance for launching Mashhad-Konya direct flight, Rohani, manager of tourism board of Khorasan Razavi province, said: “During past two decades, Turkey has succeeded in causing some fundamental developments in its tourism industry. Holding joint projects with Turkey in tourism industry would be a very good experience for both countries.”
He further explained that the number of Turkish inbound tourists to Iran is very little compared to Iranian tourists who visit Turkey every year and some approaches must have been made to make a balance in these statistics.
Born in 1207 in city of Balkh, then as a part of Iran’s Empire, Jalaluddin Rumi died in 1273 in city of Konya, situated in today’s Turkey, where he spent most of his life.
Focusing on spiritual tourism, Mr. Mehmet Kaya, the cultural attaché of the Turkish Embassy in Tehran, announced the launching of religious ideological tourism in Mashhad-Konya axis.
“A number of meetings have been held so far between Iranian and Turkish cultural and tourism authorities in this regard. In a near future the executive basics for bringing this project into force will be compiled. Based on this project, launching direct flight between Mashhad and Konya is under investigation,” said Kaya.
According to Turkish cultural attaché in Tehran, 12 experts of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization attended in a 3-day meeting which was held in this regard in Turkey to see the approaches for promoting tourism industry in Mashhad-Konya axis.
“Both cities have a prominent role in religious ideological tourism, Konya for hosting the tomb of Rumi, great philosopher and poet, and Mashhad for being the city where the shrine of Imam Reza, the eight Shiite Imam, is located,” added Kaya.
Mentioning the importance for launching Mashhad-Konya direct flight, Rohani, manager of tourism board of Khorasan Razavi province, said: “During past two decades, Turkey has succeeded in causing some fundamental developments in its tourism industry. Holding joint projects with Turkey in tourism industry would be a very good experience for both countries.”
He further explained that the number of Turkish inbound tourists to Iran is very little compared to Iranian tourists who visit Turkey every year and some approaches must have been made to make a balance in these statistics.
Born in 1207 in city of Balkh, then as a part of Iran’s Empire, Jalaluddin Rumi died in 1273 in city of Konya, situated in today’s Turkey, where he spent most of his life.
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