{"id":106018,"date":"2018-11-27T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T05:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmirrorbd.com\/en\/?p=106018"},"modified":"2018-11-29T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T09:32:06","slug":"study-shows-traveler-safety-in-iran-matches-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iranmirrorbd.com\/en\/2018\/11\/27\/study-shows-traveler-safety-in-iran-matches-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows traveler safety in Iran matches Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new report on global security has portrayed Iran as safe as much of western Europe for travelers in what could be an evidence that the country\u2019s tourism industry has a good potential to provide a serious source of revenues in face of draconian US sanctions.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Travel Risk Map prepared, launched by global risk experts International SOS in collaboration with Control Risks, shows the danger level in each country and territory based on the current threat posed to travelers by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war), social unrest (including sectarian, communal and ethnic violence) and violent and petty crime.<\/p>\n

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A map showing security risks for travelers in Europe, Africa and Asia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Factors such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the effectiveness of the security and emergency services and the country\u2019s susceptibility to natural disasters are also taken into consideration, according to a report by The Independent.<\/p>\n

The map lists five categories of risk: insignificant, low, medium, high and extreme.<\/p>\n

Iran is among the world\u2019s top potential tourist destinations with a variety of ancient sites, including 17 places listed by the UNESCO.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Western tourists see Iran as new \u2018bright star\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According ForwardKeys CEO Olivier Jager, the political opening following a 2015 nuclear accord is making the country \u201can attractive place to visit and potentially do business.\u201d
\nIranian officials have said they wanted to annually attract 20 million tourists by 2025 in order to generate $30 billion of revenues as the country seeks to wean itself off the oil money.<\/p>\n

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Official figures earlier released showed that over six million tourists had traveled to Iran over a period of six months starting March 2018. This was higher than the same period last year by above 50 percent.<\/p>\n

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) recently said tourism contributed a total of $30.7 billion to Iran\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. The WTTC added that Iran\u2019s global ranking in terms of contribution of tourism revenues to the economy stood at 35 out of 185 countries.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Iran to attract 20mn tourists by 2025 – The International Tourism Industry Exhibition has kicked off in the Iranian capital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apart from Iran, the only other countries in the region with the least security risks have been identified as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Other \u201clow risk\u201d regional countries are Jordan, Oman, Qatar, the UAE, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Uzbekistan<\/p>\n

The security for travelers in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia has been described as \u201caverage\u201d. However, other countries in the region including Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan have been described as \u201cdangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtreme\u201d risk countries are almost exclusively in Africa and the Middle East, including Syria, Yemen, Libya, South Sudan and Somalia.<\/p>\n

Very few countries manage to make it into the \u201cinsignificant\u201d bracket; in Europe, only Luxembourg, Denmark, Slovenia, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Greenland are put in this category, The Independent added in its report. Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand are all low risk too.<\/p>\n

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The map was released in conjunction with the Ipsos MORI Business Resilience Trends Watch 2019 report. The latter shows that a significant number of business decision-makers \u2013 43 percent \u2013 expect travel risks to rise in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although some 47 percent think risks have increased over the past year, this represents a 16 percent decrease from 2017, when 63 percent said risk had increased.<\/p>\n

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The administration of US President Donald Trump launched the second wave of sanctions against Iran from November 5 in which a universal ban on the country\u2019s oil exports is a primary objective.<\/p>\n

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US officials have already said the sanctions would be meant to bring down Iran\u2019s oil exports \u2013 the country\u2019s main source of revenue – to zero among other restrictions. However, Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected the feasibility of this, stressing that international consumers cannot afford to lose Iranian supplies. \/ press tv \/<\/p>\n

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