Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Shahreari Branch
Abstract
Hamadan province, enjoying the fourth rank of tourism in Iran, is currently in a position to attract thousands of foreign and domestic tourists. A look at the available resources of tourism in Hamedan province indicates that this area is a tourism pole that, as a set, includes all the attractive factors that are due to different tastes and mental states of tourists. All the provincial cities, each in one way or the other, enjoy valuable tourist attractions. In particular, the city of Hamedan, as the capital of the historical civilization of Iran, which has gained worldwide fame as one of the oldest capitals of the Iranian plateau with the first comprehensive government, has attracted the attention of planners of the tourism industry in the country. Therefore, the city of Hamedan has established itself as an important tourist city thanks to the diversity of historical buildings and ancient Iranian memorials dating back to several thousand years old and its genuine and stable status (as no city as ancient as Hamadan has survived in the world. With its Alvand elevations, this area is one of the most exciting ecotourism areas, and also, containing cultural and tourist attractions, one of the important tourism areas of Iran, which attracts more than 2 million Iranians and international tourists annually. With this characteristic, Hamedan can be described as one of the most important and valuable tourist destinations.
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