To promote bilateral tourism, Venezuela has received “influencers” from Iran

Venezuela received tour operators and influencers from Iran this Monday, on a visit that has this purpose promote tourism between Caracas and Tehran, according to the South American country’s tourism minister, Ali Padrón.

“Compliance with the ‘Implementation Program in Tourism Cooperation between MINTUR and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Crafts of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2021-2023’ today arrive at Margarita Island 23 Iranian tour operators”, The Venezuelan official announced on his Twitter social network account.

In the same publication, he also shared images showing the arrival of these people at Santiago Mariño International Airport, in the island state of Nueva Esparta, in the northeast of the Caribbean country. Visitors arrived in a plane of the Conviasa Airline.

The arrival of Iranian tour operators and “influencers” was announced by Padrón last Saturday, when the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was in the Iranian capital for an official four-day visit in which he met the president of the nation. Persian, Ebrahim Raisi.

During his visit to that country, Maduro announced that he will open a direct flight between Caracas and Tehran in July.

“With peace diplomacy, we are determined to position and promote the best of our multi-destination and mega-diverse country among the nations of the world,” said Padrón.

At the same time, the minister explained that this Tuesday a business conference will also be held on the popular island of Margarita, a destination par excellence of the country, to further strengthen the tourism sector between Venezuela and Iran.

Venezuela and Iran, at the center of the Argentine scene

The news takes on a certain relevance in our country because the relationship between these two countries has become the protagonist, with the arrival at Ezeiza airport of a Venezuelan-Iranian plane which is formally investigated by the Justice for alleged irregularities.

The situation has generated a request for explanations from the opposition arc against several official officials. Together for the change, for example, he asked the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, to report to the Chamber of Deputies to provide details on the situation on the plane.

The invitation was also extended to the Foreign Minister, Santiago Cafiero. The Minister of the Interior, Wado de Pedro, and his counterpart in Transport, Alexis Guerrera, were also targeted in requests for interpellations and reports.

The plane would have been owned by the Iranian company Mahan Air, sanctioned by the United States, which in January of this year would have sold it to Emtrasur, the freight airline of the Venezuelan state Conviasa.

This Monday, for the second consecutive day, the Tehran regime left to take off from the plane, which is being held in Ezeiza. He believed it was a “propaganda operation” against Iran.

In his weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh told the case at the current high tension between the Asian country and Western nations, due to nuclear problems.

With information from EFE.

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