Published on : Thursday, September 5, 2019
The port city of Chabahar, which is situated in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, received about 3,200 international travelers during the first nine months of the past Iranian calendar year (ended in March 2019).
“In addition, as we want to have exhibitors from other parts of the country, we also invited exhibitors from the provinces of Yazd, Kerman and South Khorasan, which have close proximity to Sistan-Baluchestan,” Sistan-Baluchestan provincial tourism chief Alireza Jalalzaei said.
“Each night, [there will be special programs in which] one of the said provinces will promote its capacities, including customs, culture, traditions, travel destinations, handicrafts and cultural heritage,” the official explained.
Sistan-Baluchestan for decades, used to be avoided by potential foreign travelers even though it is the home to numerous unique archaeological sites and natural attractions, like the two UNESCO World Heritage sites of Shahr-e-Soukhteh (Burnt City) and Lut Desert, shared with Kerman Province.
For mainstream Iranians, the name of Sistan-Baluchestan bring into existence stories of drought, desiccated wetlands and dust storms. In the international scale foreigners may consider it a reminiscent of the big red blot on the Iran safety map.