Return travel security to Gilan
Gilan, green and immersed in beauty, which has been caught in the clutches of the Corona virus for almost 2 years, longing to host tourists and travelers, now with an increase in vaccination rate and a decrease in patients and deaths caused by this infamous virus, travels to a safe place. Took himself.
According to IRNA, Corona changed the way of life of the society, the rituals stopped and the society became homeless, and when the necessity of travel was forbidden for the people, we said that the trips were only postponed and now after a period of great damage to the tourism industry, this promise It was achieved and the authorities announce the return of travel security to Gilan.
Now, according to the latest assessments of the corona situation, all 17 cities of Gilan have turned blue on the corona map and the trip to Gilan has started again; Travel is the symbol of Gilan and the memories of the north are so ingrained in the nostalgia of the people of far and near lands that the word north alone expresses the pleasant feeling of rice, forest, rain, fragrant wood and rain in the bustle of primroses and; But in today’s world, infrastructure is the basis of development, and infrastructure accommodation centers are considered to be in the boom of the tourism industry.
Gilan, as one of the tourism hubs of the country, has 106 hotels, 38 apartment hotels, 49 guest houses, 114 eco-lodges, 2,407 guest houses, 366 roadside accommodation units, 98 tourist complexes, 19 recreational entertainment complexes and two traditional residences.
Travel courier in Gilan
The CEO of the Guilan Hoteliers Association told IRNA: “After a period of stagnation, the number of tourists staying in Guilan hotels since the beginning of the second half of this year has broken the record of the last 40 years this season and has reached 50%.”
Javad Abbasi added: “This percentage of the occupancy rate of the province’s hotels and the change of travel season from the first half of the year to the second half has occurred due to the implementation of the vaccination plan and the improvement of the corona situation in the province.”
“Unfortunately, the Corona crisis has dealt a fatal blow to the province’s tourism,” he said.
The director of the Guilan Hoteliers Association continued: “Unfortunately, the income situation of most people in the country is below the poverty line and travel is formed when the basic needs of the people are met, but the economic conditions of the society are such that travel is less in the household basket.”
Abbasi said that the income of the people has decreased and this issue has reduced the demand for travel, adding: “Seasonal trips are related to the income and livelihood of the people and this issue has reduced the demand for tourism.”
He said: “Some trips, such as pilgrimage, are a priority and people take loans for it, but they do not take loans for entertainment and the north, and we do not have tourism travel loans at all, but we have pilgrimage travel facilities, while travel facilities certainly play a role in economic prosperity.” Due to the tourism potential of Gilan, this issue needs attention.
Gilan tourists are insiders
Kamelia Rashidi, a tourism graduate and one of the enthusiasts of eco-therapy or returning to the lap of nature, said: “Although eco-therapy or green therapy and nature tourism or ecotourism are the features of Gilan tourism and today a large number of tourists travel to this province They ask, but it should be said that most of the tourism in Gilan is formed to visit the tribes; most of the incoming travelers are Gilanis living in the neighboring provinces who enter the province during the holidays, and these can not be considered tourists.
Rashidi continued: “According to the definition of the World Tourism Organization, tourists are people who stay in a place where they can spend money for fun and pleasure. By this definition, not all entrances to Gilan are considered tourists and some are not only tourists but also destroyers.” And tourism culture needs education.
According to him, after vaccination and ensuring the calm condition of Corona, we came to Gilan and the presence of tourists in the nature of the province is evident, but it seems that the economic pressure has not been ineffective and due to the reopening of travel services offices, many people Who have traveled to Gilan in the form of unauthorized tours, and this is in fact a horrible tourist choice that needs to be informed.
The damage to tourism activists in Gilan is huge
The Deputy Minister of Tourism of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Gilan said: During the first nine months of this year, nearly 22 million tourists entered the province, and according to statistics, only five percent of them have used the province’s accommodation.
In an interview with IRNA, Hamidreza Azarpour added: “The total number of travelers staying in accommodation centers was close to 995,000, and 872 of them were foreign tourists.”
He stated: During the mentioned period, more than eight thousand foreign tourists entered the province from the land border of Astara and Sardar Jangal Rasht airport, which has increased by 32% compared to the same period last year.
Gilan Deputy Minister of Tourism reminded: the deadline for leave and temporary closure of travel services offices in the province due to the reopening of borders and vaccinations has been completed and if the offices do not start working without a valid excuse, their licenses will be revoked at the discretion of the issuing authority. .
Azarpour announced the issuance of licenses for three travel and tourism services offices in the province and stated: The Gilan Technical Tourism Commission was formed to review the applicant’s files as well as the problems of the travel and tourism services offices and the complaints received from four travel services offices.
He also stated that the corona damage to tourism in the province is estimated at more than 2,093 billion tomans, and said: 625 billion and 510 million tomans of this figure is the estimated corona damage to tourism in Gilan in the first six months of this year.
According to Gilan Deputy Minister of Tourism, hoteliers, apartment hotels, tourist recreation complexes, guesthouses, eco-tourism, guest houses, tourist recreation complexes, travel service offices and tourist guides are the affected areas in the corona debate.
He emphasized: Deferment of facilities and debts of energy carriers for tourism facilities in the province until the economic prosperity of this cycle was considered again, which unfortunately due to lack of cooperation of some banks and related departments such as Gilan Power Distribution Company, Gilan Water and Sewerage Company The arena suffered more losses.
Predicting a crowded Nowruz in Gilan
The head of the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Gilan, stating that we have not received a letter about the possibility of a new Corona courier, said: “Considering the current calm situation of Corona, a large number of tourists are expected to travel to Gilan.” Nowruz is a busy day for the province.
But in an interview with IRNA, Jahani added: “Planning is underway and all the heads of the province’s cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts offices were asked to define a brand for the cities and present their Nowruz plans.” .
He said: “Due to the approaching days of Nowruz, monitoring and inspection of tourism activities will be intensified so that tourists can spend happy days in the province with more security and peace.”
Jahani added: On Nowruz 1401, all the doors of tourist attractions will be opened to tourists.
However, although Corona changed the way of life of the society, but now, on the eve of Nowruz, the tourism industry of Gilan, after a period of great damage, seems to be experiencing the return of travel security to the province. If the water condition of Corona is stable, using the space created for the benefit of Gilan tourism requires planning and training.