People’s government’s efforts in preserving cultural heritage/getting a suitable share of the global tourism market
According to the social reporter of Moj News Agency, almost 2 years have passed since the beginning of the popular government. A government that tries to fulfill its promises in all areas. In this regard, the ministry Cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts During this period, he tried to carry out his mission with quantity and quality in all three areas of tourism industry development, cultural heritage protection and handicraft support, and to involve the people in all matters.
Also, the president’s emphasis in every provincial visit is on planning for the development of infrastructure in low-income areas because compliance with these matters has a direct impact on the prosperity of tourism and the increase of employment and income of local communities, as well as the follow-up of Seyyed Ezzatullah Zarghami, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, in his visit to the villages and The old, less privileged neighborhoods are a sign of the 13th government’s serious determination to decentralize.
The Ministry of Cultural Heritage also seriously announced the development of smart tourism, electronic services, connecting to national systems to speed up the needs of service applicants in the specialized sectors of tourism and handicrafts, to the extent that this ministry, on the appointed date, sent to the national portal of permits The country is connected and is one of the 6 leading ministries in this matter.
In this report, under the pretext of government week, we have an overview of some of the most important two-year measures of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism.
Systematizing the registration of cultural works and elements in the world list
Developing a 10-year program for the world registration of tangible and intangible heritage in order to systematically and systematically register cultural works and elements in the world list is one of the actions of this ministry. The world registration of five intangible elements of calligraphy, Yalda (chele), the skill of making and playing the oud instrument, raising silkworms and traditional production of silk for Turkmen weaving and needlework in the city of Rabat, Morocco, and promoting Iran to the sixth place in the world intangible list. UNESCO in the year without Iran’s national quota was one of the important measures in the field of world registrations that were carried out.
Compilation and submission of 2 World Tangible Cultural Heritage files of the cultural landscape of Masuleh and Hegmataneh and the historical center of Hamadan and the field evaluation and preliminary defense of one of the largest serial registration files in the world titled “56 Iranian Caravanserai” are other important measures. Also, compiling and sending seven files of intangible cultural heritage, including iftar and social and cultural beliefs, art of gilding, the national program of Razavi pilgrimage and the century celebration for the year 2023 and Mehrgan festival, the art of making and playing the rabb and the traditional production of gulab and social and cultural beliefs related to For the year 2024, it is one of the basic measures in the field of registration of cultural works and elements in UNESCO.
Teaching and increasing heritage literacy
Holding more than 6,000 cultural and social events in museums and historical places with a large attendance of people, holding a festival of multimedia productions in the field of cultural heritage hosted by Yazd province for the first time in the country, empowering the headquarters and provincial forces through holding specialized meetings. And national and international training courses and holding specialized meetings in the field of cultural heritage are among the actions of this ministry in the field of education and increasing heritage literacy.
Increasing museums in the country
Increasing 53 museums in the country, 26 private museums and 17 non-affiliated museums and increasing the total number of museums in the country to 829 including 262 affiliated museums, 323 non-affiliated museums, 209 private museums and 37 collaborative museums, as well as the approval and initiation of the National Museum development project in Maidan Renovation and transformation of this square and its surrounding historical buildings into the largest museum square that is being realized. Establishing the Constitutional Museum and Amir Kabir Museum in the Golestan Palace World Heritage Collection and the Age of Revolution Museum in the historical-cultural complex of Niavaran, taking advantage of international cultural diplomacy by preparing 12 files for world registration such as the Razavi Pilgrimage and Iftar culture, returning 23 historical objects from Abroad and receiving 38 international seals of authenticity from the World Handicrafts Council, the unprecedented growth of visiting hotels and accommodation centers with an average employment level of over 90% are other significant measures.
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