Tehran – Minister of Cultural Heritage Reza Salehi Amiri highlighted the strategic importance of eco-tourism resorts and considered it a concrete example of realizing the government-set public participation goals.
He said the ecolodge units are not only residential areas, but also pioneers of carrying culture, maintaining traditions and reviving Iranian and Islamic identities, writes Mehr News Agency.
The minister also said ecotourism resorts need to install solar panels. “We’ll help make this happen,” he added.
He said that the committee must be established with the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Law Enforcement Units and Ecotourism Resorts to deal with fraudulent units.
“This is an important issue for managers at legal ecotourism resorts. He has the ability to enforce the law, so I think the Minister of Home Affairs should intervene.”
He said, “There has been an increase in the use of solar panels in Iran. Yazd is a pioneer in this regard. We will also be using solar panels at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.”
“The government has allocated $2 billion to do this. You need to know that the number of ecolodge units requires solar panels. Therefore, you need to collect data. You need to talk to the Minister of Energy and introduce the bank to the ecotourism resort to receive the facilities.”
He continued. “Our attitude on ecolodges and compliance with government policies is clear. The government’s strategy is to bring people back to the village and revive the village. If we could overturn the migration to the village, we have reached a major government goal.”
The Minister asked the ecotourist manager to present documents on tariffs and other issues.
“We believe that non-governmental organizations should be independent and state managers should not interfere. The government’s concern is that the government should reduce its responsibility.
Experts say each ecolodge unit produces an average of 7-8 jobs.
Culturally, it is home to many local people, including Turkish and Arab elements, along with other minorities such as Kurds, Baroque, Bhaktiari, Lur, and other minorities such as Armenians, Asserians, Jews and others, so it does not disappoint visitors in terms of ecotourism, tourism, and even tribal tourism.
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