Hamedan’s tourists rate posts 9% growth in as many months
The number of tourists who visited the museums and historical sites in Iran’s western province of Hamedan registered 9% increase and reached 609,548, during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar to December 21, compared to the same period last year, the provincial head of museums and historical sites announced.
The 45-day closure related to the 12-day war in June was also taken into account, Amir-Hossein Fariba said, IRNA reported.
Fariba announced the Avicenna tomb of the province as the top attraction with 238,132 visitors.
This year, 200,595 visits were recorded for Tomb of Babataher, 115,877 for Hegmataneh Museum, and 19,190 visits for the Alaviyan Dome.
He added that the province saw 7,472 visits to the History and Culture Museum of Malayer, 3,936 to the Noshan Castle, 9,040 to Samen underground city, 2,929 to the Haji Agha Torab Nahavand Bathhouse Museum.
Also, 4,508 tourists visited the History and Culture Museum of Toyserkan, 5,456 the Tomb of Mir Razyeddin Artimani, and 2,413 the History and Culture Museum of Asadabad.
The province houses 21 museums, among which eight are directly supervised by provincial cultural heritage department and 13 are being managed collaboratively throughout the province.
He added that Hamedan boasts 1,900 historical, cultural, and natural attractions, which has made it a special and important destination in the tourism industry. Out of the figure, 1,400 have been registered on the National Heritage List.
The provincial tourism official reminded that last year, a total of 593,214 visitors paid a visit to museums and historical sites, with Avicenna Tomb recording the highest number with 222,664 visitors.