I don't watch Manoto at ALL! And I have seen clips from VOA & BBC Farsi on YouTube before regarding various subject & both are without a doubt anti Iranian BUT I have NEVER seen either one of these news outlets talk about Tourism in Iran or the negative effects some of Iran's religious policies has on Tourism!!!! NOT 1 Video!
I'm not claiming that they do or don't exist I'm saying I wouldn't know because I have never seen it!
I didn't even know Manoto reported news! I thought it was TV shows, Documentaries, reality shows & Music videos!
but if do have reports regarding Tourism in Iran or lack there of I would LOVE to see it! Same goes for BBC & VOA!
On a daily bases I get my news from Farsnews, Tasnimnews & PressTV those are the ONLY sites I actually go to but aside from that anything on VOA OR BBC would be clips on youtube and saying I see eve 1 clip a month from each would be an overstatement!
I'm not going to dig my head in the sand I wanna see what the traitors have to say!!!!
FACTS are FACTS!
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United States 18,569,100 U.S. has 1 Million Immigrants coming in on a yearly bases + And due to high restrictions after 9-11 tourism fell in the U.S. from 9 million per week to 5 million per week Also, with 350 million population & a vast country most of the money made from tourism is done in house between states!
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China[n 2] 11,218,281
As of 2015,
China is the fourth most visited country in the world, after
France,
United States, and
Spain, with 56.9 million international tourists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_China
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Japan 4,938,644
20-25 Million
4
Germany 3,466,639
In 2012, over 30.4 million international tourists arrived in Germany, bringing over US$38 billion in international tourism receipts to the country.
[4] Domestic and international travel and tourism combined directly to contribute over EUR43.2 billion to the German GDP. Including indirect and induced impacts, the industry contributes 4.5% of German GDP and supports 2 million jobs (4.8% of total employment).
[5] The
ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism
trade fair.
[6]
5
United Kingdom 2,629,188
The
United Kingdom is the world's
8th biggest tourist destination, with 36.115 million visiting in 2015
6
France 2,463,222
France was visited by 85.7 million foreign
tourists in 2013, making it the most popular
tourist destination in the world
7
India 2,256,397 (Clearly lacking in international Tourism but with simple taxes coming in from a population of over 1 Billion their government can function without it but lack of Tourism = increased poverty and that is a problem India) Yes their government has money to invest in R&D due to a vast population but for life to improve for their population they need a major boost in international tourism)
Tourism in India is economically important and is growing rapidly. In October 2015,
India's medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion. It is projected to grow to $7–8 billion by 2020.
[2] In 2014, 184,298 foreign "patients" traveled to India to seek medical treatment.
[3]
About 88.90
lakh (8.89 million) foreign tourists arrived in India in 2016 compared to 80.27 lakh (8.027 million) in 2015, recording a growth of 10.7%.
[4][5][6] Domestic tourist visits to all states and
Union Territories numbered 1,036.35 million in 2012, an increase of 16.5% from 2011.
[7] In 2014,
Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra and
Uttar Pradesh were the most popular states for tourists.
[8] Delhi,
Mumbai,
Chennai,
Agra and
Jaipur have been the five most visited cities of India by foreign tourists during the year 2015. Worldwide, Delhi is ranked at 28 by the number of foreign tourist arrivals, while Mumbai is ranked at 30, Chennai at 43, Agra at 45, Jaipur at 52 and
Kolkata at 90.
[9]
The
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks India 40th out of 136 countries overall
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Italy 1,850,735
With 48.6 million
tourists a year (2014),
Italy is the fifth most visited country in international
tourism
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Brazil 1,798,622
The country only had 6.36 million visitors in 2015 (extremely low) but they have a population of 200 Million allows the government to function with taxes! A glance at the figures from the IBGE (Brazil's government statistics bureau,) reveals that 16.2 million people (
8.5 percent of the population,) still live on less than R$70 per month – the equivalent of around US$1.30 per person per day
10
Canada 1,529,224
A country with a population of only 36 Million by 2012 had over 16 million tourists arriving in Canada, bringing US$17.4 billion in international tourism receipts to the economy
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South Korea 1,411,246
Population 50 million has 11 million
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Russia[n 3] 1,280,731
foods and souvenirs, and show a great variety of traditions, including Russian
banya, Nizhny Novgorod
Khokhloma and
Matryoshka, Tatar
Sabantuy, or Siberian
shamanist rituals. In 2013, Russia was visited by 33 million
tourists, making it the ninth-most visited country in the world and the seventh-most visited in Europe
13
Australia 1,258,978
Population of only 24 Million In calendar year 2015, there were 7.4 million visitor arrivals (That's a country with less than 1/3 of Iran's population)
Tourism in Australia is an important component of the
Australian economy. In the financial year 2014/15,
tourism represented 3.0% of
Australia's
GDP contributing A$47.5 billion to the national economy.
[2] Domestic tourism is a significant part of the tourism industry, representing 73% of the total direct tourism GDP
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Spain 1,232,597
Tourism in Spain is a major contributor to the national economic life just after the industry, contributing about 10-11% of
Spain's
GDP.
In 2016 Spain was the third most visited country in the world, recording 75.3 million tourists which marked the fourth consecutive year of record-beating numbers
15
Mexico 1,046,002
10 Million Tourists a year (A low number for a country with 120 Million people and as a result you have vast poverty and most of the GDP is in the hands of Americans companies making products with cheap labor)
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Indonesia 932,448
Tourism in Indonesia is an important component of the
Indonesian economy as well as a significant source of its
foreign exchange revenues
During 2016 about 12.02 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia, which was 15.5% higher than that of 2015.
[3] In year 2015, 9.73 million international visitors entered Indonesia, staying in hotels for an average of 7.5 nights and spending an average of US$1,142 per person during their visit
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Turkey 857,429
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Netherlands 771,163
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Switzerland 659,850
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Saudi Arabia 639,617
So clearly it is NOT possible to have a healthy economy without a healthy Tourism industry and yes with population over 200 million people there are way's to make up the difference BUT!
There is NOT a single country on the planet with a population the size of Iran that has a healthy economy without a healthy Tourism industry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is an undeniable FACT! You people can put your head in the sand and cry all you want but that is a FACT!
If your so close minded that your not even willing to even see restrictions be removed from "SOME" parts of Iran "OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL" then YOU are the issue!!!!! And you need to weak up and check yourself into a mental institution!