Iran to host 306 tour guides in 2017’s biggest tourism event

Arash Nouraqaie who heads the Iranian Guild of Tour Leaders said the event would be the biggest event of the kind in 2017.

He said the gathering is the best opportunity for Iran to introduce its tourism potential to the world in the highest possible level as the tour leaders taking part in the event are in fact tourism ambassadors who will take Iran’s message to the world.

In the past 34 years during which the event has happened 16 times, presence of a ranking official in it has been unprecedented while now Iran is going to host senior officials for the first time, the official added.

Earlier, member of Iran Federation of Tourist Guides Associations Oveis Kiyani had said the international tour leaders from across the globe would travel to Iran to participate in the “17th WFTGA Convention: Iran.”

He encouraged officials working in all relevant areas like construction and administrative sectors to get involved in preparations programs for the event nationwide.

He said the guests of the event would have the opportunity to get familiar with Iran’s tourist capacities and then embark on sending tourist groups to Iran when back to their own countries.

WFTGA is a non-profit making professional organization dedicated to the promotion of high standards of training and ethics within the profession.

The event will be held in the northwestern city of Zanjan in February 2017 for two weeks, he noted.

The WFTGA aims to establish contact with tourist guide associations throughout the world, to reinforce their professional ties and to promote and protect the interests of professional tourist guides; to represent professional tourist guide associations internationally and to work for the improvement of the quality and reputation of the profession of tourist guides worldwide.

The WFTGA events are held every two years in different parts of the world.

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