Published on : Thursday, February 15, 2018
While sharing ideas in a meeting on Iran-Austria joint investment in the mountain tourism of Iran, Tehran Christoph Grabmayr, Austrian embassy’s Commercial Counselor explained that his country is famous for its outlays in terms of tourism worldwide.
“Iran enjoys a rich culture and history. Meanwhile, the Iranians’ hospitality is highly attractive for foreign tourists,” he was quoted as saying in a Farsi report by IRNA.
Then he showed hope that Iran would lure 20 million overseas tourists in the coming seven years, as declared by the officially. “Due to our interest in Iran’s mountain tourism and Austrian companies’ experiences in this field, we are ready to provide finance for mountain tourism in Iran,” he noted.
Saeed Ohadi, Deputy for Investment and Planning of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) while addressing at the meeting organized previously between senior officials of Central Bank of Iran and Austrian officials, the two sides came to a conclusion to create a line of credit and distribute portion of the credit to the joint project between Iran and Austria related to mountain tourism in Iran.
He kept on saying Iran’s policies and regulations for luring foreign investments are the most modern in the domain. It helped in adding the country grants to a 10 to 13 year-long tax exclusion to foreign investors. “The regulations also permit the investors to legally rent lands for their projects.”
“There are three ski resorts within a 45km radius of Tehran: Dizin, Shemshak and Namak Abrud in which a number of Austrian companies are interested in investing and providing finance for their further development,” he added.
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