President launches ‘smartization project’ for free trade zones
President Masoud Pezeshkian unveiled three projects in smartization of free trade-industrial and special economic zones on Monday evening, introducing initiatives designed to transform tourism and investment attraction during a meeting of the Supreme Council of Free Zones.
The three projects include the "Tourism Card System to facilitate purchases for foreign tourists," the "Tourism System for providing discounts to travelers in hotels and restaurants," and the "Cargo System for appointment scheduling and online cargo tracking," IRNA reported.
The projects, designed and implemented utilizing the capacity of knowledge-based companies and new technologies, represent a strategic step towards digital transformation, enhancing transparency, facilitating services, and countering sanctions.
The implementation of the plan aligns with the macro policies of the Supreme Council and aims to transform the country's free zones into seventh-generation zones centered on a digital economy.
The project is designed to gradually connect with other service chains, moving towards greater dynamism and impact. Its successful implementation could alter the strategic landscape of free zones in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the governance model in such areas, creating a hopeful and inspiring transformation in the fields of tourism and investment attraction.
Organizing and smartening services, safeguarding public assets, ensuring transparency, enhancing managerial agility, creating a platform for implementing the Supreme Council's policies for free zones, and preventing the violation of citizens' rights are other outcomes of the project's successful execution.