Cultural tourism includes tourism in urban areas, particularly historic or large cities and their cultural facilities such as museums and theatres.
Cultural tourism includes tourism in urban areas, particularly historic or large cities and their cultural facilities such as museums and theatres. It can also include tourism in rural areas showcasing the traditions of indigenous cultural communities (i.e. festivals, rituals), and their values and lifestyle, as well as niches like industrial tourism and creative tourism. The term cultural tour is used for journeys that include visits to cultural resources, regardless of whether it is tangible or intangible cultural resources, and regardless of the primary motivation.
For a better understanding of Iran culture and history, there has to be a cultural and historial tour guide who provides assistance, information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation to travelers on organized tours and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest. As a cultural tour guide you are responsible for informing and entertaining tourists. The culture and lifestyle of the Iranian people, the history of the Iran and its peoples, their art and architecture must become alive to the tourists by the Cultural and historical travel guide who conveys the information. In order to raise awareness, Arasbaran Travel company decided to hold the Iran cultural and historical tour guide training course which is one of the short-term tourism courses approved by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran. History and culture of Iran are the main topics in this course. Cultural and historical tour guide course commence with an introduction to the Tourism Industry and includes theory training and practical training which will help you develop all the skills you will need as a cultural and historical tour guide. Taking this course you will be able to provide in-depth knowledge about destinations frequented by tourists and retain historical facts, dates and anecdotes, and then relay that information to visitors in an entertaining, informative way.
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Graduates of the course, after passing the final general examination, will receive the professional certificate issued by the Cultural Heritage, handicrafts and Tourism organization of Iran. Then, they will start their career as cultural tour guides in tourism industry.
As early as 6000 BC, communities on the Iranian plateau were carrying on agriculture, raising domestic animals, and producing pottery and polished stone implements. Sites datable to later than 3000 BC offer quantities of bronze instruments and painted pottery of the finest types. The long history of Iran has witnessed many conquerors, wise rulers and statesmen, artists, poets, historians, and philosophers. Hegel names the Persians as the first Historical People. About 1500 BC Aryans began to cross the plateau of Iran. The Iranian group included Medes, Persians, Parthians, Bactrians, and others.
Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 BC. The earliest recorded cultures within the region of Iran date back to the Lower Paleolithic era. The Iran culture is one of the oldest in the Middle East. Owing to its dominant geo-political position and culture in the world, Iran has directly influenced cultures and peoples as far away as Italy, Macedonia, and Greece to the West, Russia to the North, the Arabian Peninsula to the South, and South and East Asia to the East. Thus an eclectic cultural elasticity has been said to be one of the key defining characteristics of the Persian spirit and a clue to its historical longevity. Furthermore, Iran's culture has manifested itself in several facets throughout the history of Iran as well as the Caucasus, Central Asia, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia.
Almost anyone can appreciate the lure of ancient civilizations and architecture that has stood the test of time. The history of Iranian architecture goes back to the 7th millennium BC. Iran ranks seventh among countries with the most archaeological architectural ruins and attractions from antiquity including Persepolis, Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Azadi Tower, Shazdeh garden, Siose Bridge, Golestan Palace, and etc, as recognized by UNESCO. Iran is rated among the 10 most touristic countries in the world. Tourist attractions include archaeological sites and monuments such as Shahr-i Sokhte, Pasargadae, Gonbad-e Qābus, Tchogha Zanbil, Taq-e Bostan, Arg-e Bam, Ali Qapu and beautifully decorated mosques, mausoleums, minarets including Jame Mosque of Isfahan, Menar jonban, Mausoleum of Esther and Mordechai, Imam mosque, The Imam Reza shrine, Vank Cathedral and etc.
Iranian works of art show a great variety in style, in different regions and periods. Iranian art encompasses many disciplines, including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking, and stonemasonry. Iran is the world's largest producer and exporter of handmade carpets. Iranian carpet-weaving which dates back to the Bronze Age is one of the most distinguished manifestations of the art of Iran.
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