Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabaei, the secretary of IUESA, with referring that in the first 5-month in 2015, international tourism increased 4 percent. He added, on the basis of the report of World Tourism Organization, this growth rate has announced positive for all areas.

Today, municipal tourism is considered as an important subcategory of the international tourism. From the beginning of current year until April, there were 322 million international tourists and it increased 4.5 percent compared to the same time of the last year, he said.

Currently, tourism devotes 9% of gross world product, 6% of total world exports and 30% of the total export of services to itself. Tehran also has the same capacity to develop tourism infrastructures and increase its sustainable revenues more than before, he pointed out.

The Editor in Chief of scientific-research quarterly journal of economics and urban management said: Middle East attracts 4% of total world tourism. In the recent decades extensive programs have organized to attract tourists in Tehran like sightseeing tours, creating tourism attractions special for the city and etc. and has emerged a bright horizon ahead of municipal tourism.

He referred to the subject of municipal tourism development using capacities of the information technology and said: virtual tourism is a concept that emphasizes the development of communicative-information infra structures to attract tourists.

The secretary of IUESA explained this matter: Currently, smart tourism has increased remarkably in Vanyng , China, Seoul, South Korea, Bangalore, India, Eindhoven, Holland, and we can use these global experiences to attract international tourists more than before.

Today, Seoul is counted as a major tourist destination. Currently 78% of people of this city use smart organizations and services and all parks and public area access to free internet and this matter added the tourism attraction of this city, Dr. Tabatabaei said.

 Source : IUESA