Kermanshah’s Governor General Houshang Bazvand called for increased efforts to complete two major tourism projects in the western province.
“All the relevant organizations and their managers should help accelerate the construction of the Bisotoun-Taq Bostan tourism corridor… it is an important project that should become operational without any delay,” Bazvand told a meeting of Kermanshah’s tourism committee on Thursday.
Preparatory studies for the first phase of the project are 70% complete, he said, adding that “the project manager should finish those studies in two months, so we can prepare investment packages and introduce the opportunities the project offers to potential investors and the private sector.”
The feasibility study was carried out by the Roads and Urban Development Organization in the past Iranian year that ended on March 20, CHTN reported.
Also speaking at the meeting was the study manager, Fereidoun Gazorani.
He said the studies aim to explore tourism potentials of the area along the corridor, including “the historical features, plains and epic stories.”
There are 16 villages along the 35-kilometer tourism corridor that are being converted into tourism destinations, Gazorani said, adding, “We have devised 80 projects to prepare the areas covered by the scheme.”
Long-Delayed Scheme
Bazvand also set a six-month deadline for the long-delayed Uwais al-Qarni tourism project to go into operation.
The project that centers on the tomb of a prominent religious figure was approved in 2013 but the preparatory studies have yet to be completed.
“The contractor’s license for the project would be revoked should it fail to become operational within six months. Also, the contractor will face disqualification if the required investment for the project is not at least 60% complete within one year,” he said.
Taq Bostan, Temple of Anahita, Kermanshah Bazaar and Mount Bisotoun are among the major historical structures of the province.
Mount Bisotoun is in the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province, 525 km west of Tehran.
It is well known for the famous multilingual Bisotoun Inscription and rock relief in which the Achaemenid King Darius the Great had the narratives of his exploits carved out around 500 BC. Some of the province’s monuments have been under renovation since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Kermanshah in November 2017.
