Dar al-Morhameh Semnan in the effort to promote tourism

Tourism is known as an entrepreneurial and income-generating industry in the current era, and indicators such as investment in projects, holding tourism events and hosting foreign tourists in the past year despite the outbreak of the Corona virus, show the special view of the 13th government and the serious determination of the authorities to develop this industry in It is Semnan province.

Over the past year, despite the spread of Corona, 1,600 billion Tomans have been invested in 30 projects under construction, more than 60 tourism events have been planned and 2,204 foreign tourists have been hosted in Semnan province.

According to experts, tourism is a fast-growing industry whose prosperity can bring job creation, economic prosperity, prevent migration from villages, reduce social damage, strengthen social vitality, preserve Iranian and Islamic authenticity and identity, and spread this culture in the world.

According to the report of the World Travel and Tourism Council, Iran’s tourism industry has grown by 40% in 2021, and foreign tourists spent 2.5 billion dollars in Iran this year. Also, the share of tourism in the total economy of Iran in 2020 was more than three and one-tenth percent, which increased to four and one-tenth percent in 2021.

According to this report, with the boom in tourism, the employment rate of this industry has also increased in Iran. In 2020, 1.2 million people were active in Iran’s tourism industry, but in 2021, this number has increased to 1.9 million people with a growth of 700,000 people, equivalent to 7.6 percent; In the previous year, 34% of employment in Iran’s tourism industry had disappeared.

In 2020, Iran’s domestic tourists spent more than 93 thousand 894 billion tomans, which in 2021 reached 139 thousand 772 billion tomans.

According to reports, last year 2 thousand 204 foreign tourists and more than one million domestic tourists entered Semnan province and 642 thousand 940 tourists stayed in the province.

Semnan province has 74 nomadic clans and the black tent of Il Sangsar with the name Goth has been registered in the list of national monuments of the country and we can introduce this capacity to tourists by relying on this rich culture and erecting the black tent on the Tehran-Mashhad route. He invited Ail and the implementation of such a plan will not cost much.

Among the tourist attractions of Semnan province, the Khorian oil facility located in the Khorian desert in the south of the province is also considered as the heritage of the country’s oil industry, which has been registered in the national register, and is one of the lesser-known attractions of Semnan province, which can attract many tourists to this region every year. .

Among the important strategies of promoting Semnan province, we can mention advertising in other provinces, virtual space and signing cooperation agreements with tourism agencies.

Semnan province has 2 thousand and 16 kilometers of roads in the province’s General Administration of Highways and Road Transport, 2 airports in Semnan and Shahrood cities, and an active railway station where more than 90 trains pass through the province’s railway lines every day. It is a capacity created by the efforts of officials to attract tourists, but it is necessary to provide and strengthen tourism infrastructure in various fields of services, welfare, culture and beautification of the urban landscape, in addition to paying attention to the roads and introducing attractions to attract tourists, the transformation of Semnan province from The highway should be considered as a tourist destination, along with the introduction of attractions, it is necessary for the prosperity of tourism, and now 30 tourism projects are under construction in Semnan province with an investment of 1,600 billion tomans, and the completion of these projects will strengthen the tourism infrastructure for the province. brought

According to Mehdi Ghasemzadeh, acting deputy director of tourism and investment of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Semnan Province, the implementation of tourism projects in the province will provide direct employment for more than 1,300 people, and the use of 30 tourism projects under construction will increase the capacity of tourism and job creation in Semnan Province. .

According to the statistics, there are currently 15 hotels, one apartment hotel, one motel and five guesthouses, 94 ecotourism residences, 17 traditional residences, 87 guest houses, five rural complexes, 2 agricultural tourism and 6 camps and entertainment centers for tourism and agricultural tourism, 29 service offices. Travel, 40 roadside restaurants, 20 traditional canteens, and three tourism training institutes operate in Semnan province, and a total of 324 tourist facilities with 987 rooms and a capacity of 3,732 people are ready to provide services to tourists in the province.

The results of the data show that the development of tourism is an effective solution in solving the problem of unemployment and economic prosperity of Semnan province, and for the prosperity of this industry, different departments must be coordinated with the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of the province, and this General Directorate, as a trustee, has to attract expert people and the use of expert opinions and defining the plan and task for each organization to take steps to develop tourism in the province; An issue that Seyyed Mohammadreza Hashemi, the governor of Semnan, also emphasizes.

Examining the statistics related to income generation in the field of tourism according to the current capacities shows that if the field of tourism and the strengthening of the infrastructure of this field are given more attention, the income generation of this industry will surpass even the income from the sale of oil by a significant margin.

Considering the diverse and unique capacities of Semnan Province, the officials wisely and intelligently determined tourism as one of the main axes of development of Semnan Province, but to realize this strategy, the speed of implementation of the plans must be increased.

In Semnan Province, due to its geographical location, you can access forests, deserts and mountains, and the important thing is that a tourist can visit all these beauties by traveling the shortest distance, and without a doubt, every tourist with a taste can’t stop seeing a province with this special capacity. ignore

Due to its geographical location, Semnan province is the bottleneck connecting the northern provinces to the southern provinces of the country, and also in the neighborhood of the capital and seven important provinces of the country, including Qom, Isfahan, Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Golestan and Mazandaran, it has a trump card in the development of tourism. .

The roads of Semnan province, due to being located on the pilgrim route of Imam Reza (a.s.), host 20 million passing passengers every year, and if each passenger spends at least 2 thousand tomans to receive services in this province of Semnan, the province should earn at least 40 billion tomans from the tourism sector. but unfortunately, according to experts, in practice, such financial turnover from the tourism sector does not benefit Semnan province.

In other words, the tourist can reach Semnan, the cradle of history and mysticism, by traveling about 220 km from the country’s capital, 586 km from Isfahan, 282 km from Qom, 338 km from Golestan, 200 km from Mazandaran and 674 km from Razavi Khorasan. , but despite the advantage of the geographical location of tourism, Semnan province does not have any income in the end.

The introduction of Semnan province and its capacities play an important role in attracting tourists, which should be given more attention, and according to experts, good measures have been taken to introduce the province, but it is not enough.

Semnan Province has more than 1,833 historical, cultural, natural and spiritual monuments, of which 868 are registered in the list of national monuments and has a great capacity to attract investors, but it has not yet been able to take its real place in attracting tourists. to find

According to the available documents, Semnan Province is the cradle of famous mystics such as Sheikh Abulhasan Kharqani, Bayazid Bastami, Sheikh Alaa Al Doulah Biyabanki Semnani and Sheikh Mahmoud Mozdaghani, and focusing on the introduction of these attractions attracts tourists.

Semnan province has 11 historical contexts, this number of historical contexts is significant and shows the background, history and authenticity of the province, and such a capacity to attract tourists is seen in few parts of the country, and taking advantage of this opportunity only requires the cooperation and coordination of different departments.

Semnan province has nearly 100 spiritual works that have been registered in the list of national works, but there is no permanent exhibition to show and preserve the customs of this province for thousands of years. It will not be forgotten and it is a turning point for tourist attraction, job creation and economic prosperity.

According to experts, creating a permanent exhibition of handicrafts with a suitable location in the city, which represents the art and profession of the desert people, will attract tourists.

The ritual of rolling baby flowers in Damghan, the vow of Semno Pezan in Semnan, the preparation of prayer water in Shahroud, rituals related to marriage in the province, palm turning in Mahdishahr and Shahmirzad, including spiritual heritage, Hyrcanian forests in an ocean of clouds, centuries-old plantain trees, cheese cave, High waterfalls and hot springs are among the valuable natural heritage of Semnan province, along with centuries-old buildings and historical sites, it is only a part of the tourism potential of Semnan province.

According to experts, the spa tourism model area in Sorkheh city can become one of the most important recreational and therapeutic tourism attractions in Semnan province if the private sector invests. With the completion of the infrastructure in the production leap year, this area will become a health tourism attraction in the east of the country.

Semnan, which is known as Dar al-Morhama, is one of the largest provinces in Iran with an area of ​​nearly 97 thousand 500 square kilometers, which is considered the seventh province of Iran with 5.9 percent of the total area of ​​the country.

This region is limited to North Khorasan, Golestan and Mazandaran provinces from the north, South Khorasan and Isfahan provinces from the south, Razavi Khorasan province from the east, and Tehran and Qom provinces from the west. On this basis and due to its geographical location next to the capital and seven important provinces of the country, this province is of great importance.