Tehran Municipality to Open Tourism Office

Tehran Municipality is setting up a new department to oversee tourism and cultural heritage affairs, Deputy Mayor for Social and Cultural Affairs Valiollah Shojapourian said.
"We have assigned a committee to make necessary arrangements for the establishment of an internal tourism and cultural heritage office within the municipality," Shojapourian said, Shabestan News Agency reported on Monday.
Speaking at the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Sustainable Development conference, the official lamented that Iran's huge tourism potential has remained largely untapped.