Iran - Tourism
RR9605/D - IRAN: TOURISM (dur: 7 mins 26 secs) MUSIC: "Persian Market" by Claude Larson - Selected Sound 5134 Track 6 "Persian Ceremonial" by Victor Cavini - CD Sonia 77092 Track 6 "Islamic Prayer", traditional, arranged by Damil Ahmed - SAS 026 Track 5(a) The government of Iran, keen to develop tourism, is encouraging visits to Islamic shrines and the spectacular archaeological evidence of the country's more than three-thousand-year-old civilisation. Hotels and roads have been built to accommodate tourists and improve access to sites like Persepolis - once capital of an empire that stretched from Egypt to modern Pakistan - the tomb of the empire's founder, Cyrus the Great, at Pasargadae, and Isfahan, summer residence of the empire's rulers, as well as to Iran's traditional, colourful bazaars. SHOWS: TEHRAN: city with Alborz mountains in background; Azadi square and monument; city traffic; people shopping in bazaar; SHIRAZ PROVINCE: countryside with shepherd guarding flock of sheep and goats; visitors to shrine of 14th century writer known as Hafez; tomb; details of elaborate decor; visitors taking tea on patios; bazaar selling with stalls selling cloth and leather goods; Shiraz city gate; gate of palace of Karim Khan with enamelled picture on outside wall; men making repairs to wall; gardens inside palace with tourists taking photographs; men restoring palace interior; details of enamelled ceiling; PASARGADAE: tomb of Cyrus the Great; views of ruins of city destroyed by Alexander the Great; tourists viewing site; PERSEPOLIS: views of ruins; entrance stairway; maintenance and repairs under way on columns; tourists; statue of mythical animal; carvings of kings and tribute-bearing vassals; mountainside tombs of kings with detail of rock carved relief; ISFAHAN: Imam Khomeini Square; visitors to Chehel Sotoon (Forty Column) palace walking beside pool; view of palace with pillars reflected in water; details of pillar pediments and capitals, and ceiling; women in chador looking at carved doorway; traffic; mosque domes; mosque interior; mosque ceilings, walls and columns; Christian church exterior; cross on wall; devotional paintings on interior walls; fountain rising above riverside walk; 33-arched, four-hundred year-old Allahverdi Khan bridge; visitors and tourists in pedallo boats on river. You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f800570c0f6bdf85ecfb59269da9130e Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
