Tourism requires the delegation of authority to the specialized private sector

In an interview with Fars News Agency, Farid-ud-Din Attar, an activist in the field of tourism and hotel management, said: “Tourism currently needs a well-written program and sufficient research should be done in the field of required capacities, type of tourist, manner and form of services.” Strong to change the wrong structures of the past.

“The tourism industry is a world-leading industry,” he said.

Domestic tourists do not make money

Referring to the 7,000-year-old civilization of Iran, Attar continued: “Our country, relying on abundant resources and unique tourist attractions and climatic regions, including the north and south coasts, desert and desert, as well as rural tourism and health, should not be a problem in Attract foreign tourists.

He continued by saying that we must act with intelligence and thought: “Our current need is a quality foreign tourist, a tourist who has a good economic situation and can afford to spend money during his stay in Iran.”

Tourism is the third largest industry in the world

The manager of Tara Hotel in Mashhad, emphasizing the importance of changing policies in attracting tourists, said: “Domestic tourists are valuable, but they are not valuable and only create financial turnover.”

Attar added: “Currently, tourism is the third largest industry in the world in terms of revenue generation.” Spain has a population of about 47 million and receives over 60 million tourists, and is the only country with the largest number of tourists in the world and 25% of its revenue comes from tourism.

Referring to the words of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution about the need to distance ourselves from the one-product economy, Attar said: “Our industry and technology are not very money-making and we have no choice but the tourism industry.” We have only one rich father called Naft, and in such a situation, we should not ax the roots of tourism with the wrong structures.

He continued: the hotel owner should not close his hotel due to unresolved problems. We must put aside compliments. The main motivation of an economic activist is economic justification. Unfortunately, when governments run out of funds, they want to spend from the pockets of the people, and the people cannot afford it. This also leads the economically active to brokering and intermediation instead of producing materials.

Saying that industrial tourism is oppressed in Iran, Attar added: “Sometimes it seems that we, with a history of more than 50 years of tourism activity in Iran, should not have any problems to work in this field, sometimes a simple license for a week.” In our administrative bureaucracy, it takes 7 months, while in a foreign country, a permit is issued within 5 days, because that country seeks to promote its activities, attract tourists and create its own employment.

What is the implementation strategy?

This activist in the field of tourism emphasized: In this situation, the executive solution to reform the structure of the tourism and hotel management industry is to refer to caring and experienced managers to this industry and delegate authority to the private sector.

He continued: “Governments should only have the role of observer and do their job properly.” The task of governments and the public administration system in general is to provide infrastructure, including electricity, water and gas. An issue that has plagued hoteliers this summer.

Saying that governments are not good businessmen, Attar added: “Everyone knows that governments are not successful in economic activities and gaining efficiency, and it is the private sector that is specialized and powerful that must work.”

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