Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) stands ready to sign an agreement with the ECO secretariat on tourism cooperation, according to Niloofar Assadi, the caretaker of ICCIMA International Affairs.
Assadi made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with Jasur Rajabov, Director for Tourism of the ECO Secretariat.
She also said that Iran Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting of ECO Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ECO-CCI) in the near future.
The ECO official, for his part, referred to holding a ministerial meeting of ECO member countries in Ardebil, northwestern Iran, in October 2023, calling on Iran to hold specialized tourism committee sessions ahead of the October meeting.
Rajabov also said that a meeting of ECO tour operators is scheduled to be held on July 3 which will focus on solving the problems on the way of money transfer, visa issuance and transportation in this region.
The participants will also discuss offering tourist packages and charter flights between ECO tourist destinations, he said.
Speaking in the meantime, Sama Farkhondeh Nejad, the director of Europe Department of ICCIMA International Affairs, called for further cooperation in exchange of information, and holding seasonal meetings as well as B2B meetings between the private sectors and tourism actors of ECO member countries.