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Transferring knowledge effort and commitment to and taking responsibility, save natural and cultural innovation and exhilaration heritage of our beloved Iran are the factors Arasabran and entrepreneurship for expect from itself. Dynamism local societies and talented Arasbaran and effort for achieving people. Services the goals, using sustainable implement and updated management pattern, friendly workplace beside cooperation in decision Professional eco and making, attracting and transferring information adventure tour operation and also using intelligent facilities data analysis are the important framework in Specialized tours for Arasbaran educational and organizations and groups tour company. Arasbaran is to hold - Visa issuance incoming internal and , outgoing tours as a multifunctional organization - Holding educational beside holding educational courses, in order to courses and workshops sustainable development related to tourism industry in tourism industry in Iran and tied its goal to the
Arasbaran 1 Arasbaran People who Contacts love nature and Tourism Agencies adventure
Have you ever travelled to different magnificent beauties Iran is a country of four the Middle East? Maybe of our beloved country. We seasons; you can swim in many people think all the are ready to prepare all winter as you can ski in spring. countries in this region are services needed for groups Now what are you looking Arabic or in war countries. or individuals to come to Iran. for? Flying above summits But who knows Iran has the This travel can be cultural or and jungles? Or even desert? world’s oldest continuous eco tour or even adventure. How about jumping? You major civilization. Iran might We are able to perform it as want to go to safari in a not immediately pop to the combination of all these desert full of dunes with soft mind when you think about types too. So as a travel sands and a wide vision of a traveling, but it˙ll surprise you agency if you are looking for a sky full of stars above? Or you with its landscapes, history, new interesting destination just are a fan of canyoning in an and abundant activities. think about Iran and contact untouched nature? Have you Arasbran tries to show these us. ever seen an island which has the largest carpet soil in the world? Or have you ever tried diving in the ocean full of marine creatures? These are activities you can do in Iran safely, because we are expert in adventure and you are in safe hands.
Don’t forget if you want to have a combination of nature and culture or even adventure you can plan your trip and tell Arasbaran 2 us what you want! Arasbaran Tourism students Contacts and tourism related www.arasbaran.org/en People who love institutions culture [email protected] The 18th largest country in Tourism industry is growing every the world, Iran, has a very day so sustainable tourism deep culture and history. Due development is a very wise to its historical background option countries can choose and sustainable social and in their programs and policies. cultural evolution, has a Not only is Arasbaran an Iranian lot of diverse worth seeing tour and travel agency but it sites that satisfy tourists with is also proud of being known different tastes. You may find as the leading Hospitality and many spectacular places Tourism Education Company depending on your taste in across Iran. Education has different cities like; Isfahan, a very important role in the Shiraz, Yazd or Kerman in development of Tourism these cultural cities you can as it creates awareness of visit many historical sites like; tourism as a field of study and tomb of great men like Cyrus, promotes its value. Education Darius, Hafez, Saadi or Danial, is a powerful weapon in grand bazaars or beautiful which sustainable tourism and masques and gardens. It sustainable development should not be forgotten can be achieved. Arasbaran that the best way for the Tourism Education Company recognition of every country is eager to cooperate with is direct contact with its international tourism and people, Iranians are famous ecotourism associations and because of their hospitality other hospitality and tourism so be sure you will have great education institutions around time in Iran wherever you go. the globe.
Arasbaran 3 Arasbaran educational courses Eco Tour Guide Cultural and Historical Tour Guide
Ecotour Guides training can react to critical situations Cultural tourism includes course which is one of the course aims to train up calmly and professionally. tourism in urban areas, short-term tourism courses interested young people to Graduates of the ecotour particularly historic or large approved by the Cultural become on-site guides for guide course, after passing cities and their cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and the tourism industry. These the final general examination, facilities such as museums Tourism Organization of Iran. guides will go through a will be given the professional and theatres. It can also History and culture of Iran are series of intensive training ecotour certificate issued include tourism in rural areas the main topics in this course. including itinerary planning, by the Cultural Heritage, showcasing the traditions Cultural and historical tour tour observation and will Handicrafts and Tourism of indigenous cultural guide course commence with be under frequent reviews. Organization of Iran. Then, they communities (i.e. festivals, an introduction to the Tourism Ecotour guides have a will start their career as ecotour rituals), and their values and Industry and includes theory tendency to be interested guides in tourism industry. lifestyle, as well as niches training and practical training in environmentalism, like industrial tourism and which will help you develop ecology, wildlife, and nature. creative tourism. The term all the skills you will need as They need to be mature, cultural tour is used for a cultural and historical tour responsible, and open to journeys that include visits to guide. Taking this course other cultures and beliefs. cultural resources, regardless you will be able to provide They should be extremely of whether it is tangible or in-depth knowledge about organized with a lot of self- intangible cultural resources, destinations frequented by confidence, and be skilled and regardless of the primary tourists and retain historical at hiking, camping, boating, motivation. In order to raise facts, dates and anecdotes, horseback riding, or plant awareness, Arasbaran Travel and then relay that and animal identification. Company has decided to information to visitors in an Ecotour guides should also hold the Iran cultural and entertaining, informative way. be logical thinkers, who historical tour guide training
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Generally speaking, the observe the landscapes. find hotspots while traveling. in these years. More than title of Mountain Guide Traveling in these paths That›s why you may wish 530 species of bird in Iran is reserved for individuals without a professional to hire a birdwatching tour have been identified and who have received full guide is not safe, that˙s why guide featured at the site. perception and realization certification through their the existence of a skilled Bird watching is an enjoyable of these species without a countries mountain guide˙s and an expert who has and inexpensive hobby. Professional Birdwatching association of whose enough experience in the Birdwatching for pleasure guide is impossible. Therefore curriculum and training field of technical climbing has been around since the Arasbaran tourism Agency are approved by the is a necessity. Therefore late 19th century. For many with the assistance of International Federation Iran Cultural Heritage “birders,” the thrill is found in “Iranian Birdwatching Club” of Mountain Guides Tourism Organization came completing a check list of and the approval of Iran Associations. A mountain to an agreement with birds they’ve spotted. Some Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts guide is a professional Mountaineering and Sport will travel great distances and Tourism Organization capable of instructing any Climbing Federation of Iran to check off a rare species. conducts Professional person in a secure and for training guides in the Bird watching is sometimes Birdwatching Guides training responsible manner in terms mountain department of Iran. enjoyed as a soloist hobby, Course in Iran. This birding of mountain activities. but even if you prefer to be course that lasts up to 3 Iran is a country with alone with nature, you can months is a theoretical and extensive range of Bird Watching Tour still make a great impact practical training course and mountains whose tourism Guide for your local scientific has been designed for those Industry is spreading and community. who wish to learn the basics numerous tourists travel Birdwatching is an Skilled Iranian tour guides of bird identification. The annually to mountainous entertainment that can and tourism agencies have practical sessions in the field areas of Iran in order be enjoyed by everyone. made the efforts to boost will assist you to identify birds to climb the summits or Sometimes it›s a challenge to the tourism industry of Iran by both sight and sound.
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educational courses In these recent years the Children Tour Guide vision of people about organizing their leisure time changed and their interest to Our children are our next sport and adventure led them generation, children who to choose cycling, caving, need nature and culture helps children and their safari and many other sports countries beside their usual of their country. Their next parents to enjoy more. in nature as their hobby. internal tours. generation needs this Now, there are no trained Traveling with bicycle is one As it˙s obvious in this heritage too. Educating and educated tour guides of the cycle tourism fields explanation we›re in need todays˙ generation would who are experienced in which have many fans of having manpower for this be a respond to the next children tours as we felt around the world and also new born field of adventure generation˙s demand. the lack of these guides, in Iran. Growing activities who are trained in legal and In this case, training the we decided to design a of professional brands and standard courses. special tour guides for special children tour guiding cycling related services are Arasbaran defined the children is necessary course under license of proving this fact. professional cycling tour because they should never ICHTO to educate and train As there are more famous guide with cooperation of be under mistreatment. professional guides who and important international Holiday Cycling Club and When a child learns help us to grow wise and and specially European under license of Cycling something for the first time, knowledgeable children. airlines are having flights Federation of Iran. Obviously he will remember it forever. This course has 39 theoretical to Iran we can find out the according to the new So it˙s really important for and practical lessons related number of incoming tourists regulation letter of tour them to be thought properly to children and planning a are increasing in past three guides, graduated of this for the first time. tour for them. Participants years and tourism related course can have the special The presence of an expert of this course learn how to people faces these growing card and official document guide, traveler and specially plan a tour exactly like eco in tourism industry. from tourism deputy. a person who is professional and cultural tour guides they In these three years many in treating with children learn to maximize people›s tour operators experienced is necessary. Tour guide is enjoyment, both children and having so many professional facilitator in this case who their parents. cycling tours from foreign
Arasbaran 6 Mission Statement
Arasbaran is an Iranian travel Company in Tehran with the high level of motivation for increasing the knowledge and awareness of people which leads to employment, responsibility and natural resources conservation. Arasbaran has directed the function revenue. We conduct group approach the modern and of this company in the right trips such as cultural tours, epidemic concepts of travel side and has the hopes ecotours and adventure tours which is a combination of of revealing its primary to the Iranians and the world education and entertainment mission to the society. tourism market in professional and this matter has improved Arasbaran with the careful principles. In addition, we by practical experiences planning and investment provide the possibility of and academic potentials. in education attempts to postgraduate degrees both Arasbaran makes travel contribute towards next in Iran and abroad as well. meaningful by thinking about generation’s benefits Arasbaran tourism agency what benefits the traveler, and the land protection. believes tourism industry is the trip, and the planet best. Here in Arasbaran, our the best tool through which That is why Arasbaran invites mission is to present wealth is correctly divided enthusiasts to participate in services including; tourism among society classes and their programs to create an academic and practical prides itself on producing unforgettable and worth- educational courses in content that stands out telling memory. tourism industry which from the crowd. Since the results in employment and beginning, Arasbaran has made a lot of efforts to
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Arasbaran imagine which are performing tours practices that minimize natural resources itself as the best brand based on sustainability environmental impact. conservation through of tourism based on providing accomodations Green Washing is bad for the preservation of Iran’s natural, education, responsibility with focousing on ecolodges environment because it can cultural, historical and and sustainability in Iran and and also developing encourage consumers to do national heritage. Moreover trying to reach a worthy professional mountaineering. the opposite of what’s good protection of the values, position among international Arasbaran by considering for the environment. It’s just environmental sustainability, tourism industry. Tourism tourism management making green claims to sell and the observation of is a way of passing from academic principles has more stuff or to earn as much practical, cultural, scientific kinds of poverty (social, built the primary factors of as needed. So our goal in and moral reflection of its cultural, economic or even its organizational culture Arasbaran Travel Company is behavior are Arasbaran›s environmental). on permanent education, not just about travelling and main tasks. We are confident that performance assessment, sightseeing but to protect the Last but not least Arasbaran will have the monitoring, staff and environment. actualization of these goals highest rank in knowledge- managers promotion and Arasbaran as a service has its ups and downs so based tourism and achievement which can be Company considers Arasbaran in association with sustainable education obtained by teamwork and concentration on providing Iranian local communities as someday in the near association. the customer satisfaction as the owners of the climates future in Iran and will be Plus Arasbaran tourism its initial prosperity. In addition, go the extra mile to protect a competent incoming Company avoids Green Arasbaran has expanded its Persian land. tourism company in the Washing which means when own horizons as long as the world. Arasbaran is a a company or organization protection of Iran›s nature, multi-functional Company spends more time and money Iranian local communities which concentrated on claiming to be “green” and the benefits of next ecotourism and put the through advertising and generation are evaluated as effort on working on all marketing than actually its final customers. www.arasbaran.org/en aspects of this phenomena. implementing business Arasbaran has undertaken [email protected] + 989368702794 + 982122926470 Arasbaran 8 Arasbaran My Heart, My supportive and Heritage Campaign social activities
Arasbaran, as a legal «My Heart, My Heritage» and power to expand company, is responsible campaign started its way our activities beyond the for society, so based on from June 2015 with the aim boundaries and do our best the promises, working on of protecting the heritage, to revival and maintain the social and supporting spreading the culture, history world˙s heritage responsibilities is one of our and nature˙s preservation Now, «My Heart, My heritage» duties. Therefore, Arasbaran and leading a universal effort campaign is working basically Educational and Tour to create bright future for under license and protection Company tried to take part ourselves and also our future of Arasbaran Educational in some charity projects generations are the reasons and Tour Company with the even the role wouldn’t be created this campaign. slogan; «My Heart Beats for that much big. Here are This movement is social NGO my Heritage, How About some activities which has and a nongovernmental You?» Other organizations the special role in Arasbaran organization which certainly like Youth Affairs and frameworks: needs cooperation of other Sports Ministry˙s Sustainable - Sponsor, designer and organizations and people Tourism office, Department online executive of general who care about their of Environment˙s Public heritage destiny. Participations office, Cultural tourism exam in country «My Heart, My Heritage» Heritage Organization, Nature - Sponsoring Iran campaign˙s first responsibility and Culture Club and IFTGA national wall climbing for is to protect and conserve are supporting the campaign climbing the world tallest Great Iran˙s heritage, but in in different parts. wall; Trango the landscape of our view protecting and preserving Sponsoring the heritage of the earth philanthropic travel of Mr. is considered. We hope Erfan Fekri to crisis directions one day we have the joy of Philippines
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Arasbaran as the According to mountain and multifunctional organization adventure club activities which has the systematic and also training expert look at all of its activities tour guides in different tries to offer a complete field, Arasbaran has many package of related contacts around the country. services. All the information which has For example, Arasbaran as been explained completely a travel agency trains the and also participating in executive staff for travels different exhibitions and with the standards and activities are the reasons quality; it shows that we people join Arasbaran. care about passengers˙ That˙s our honor to announce safety. Besides, with this that Arasbaran is the holder process Arasbaran is of all the licenses needed for successful in job creation educational courses, travels for the students of the and sport activities in nature. institute˙s educational We also have the accurate courses. insurance contracts, the Now, the graduates of professional staff in risk Arasbaran˙s different management and rescue for educational courses have the adventure and eco tours. more opportunities in So, we make you feel safe, finding jobs because of enjoy your trip and never knowing more teachers regret it. or related professionals in tourism field.
Arasbaran 10 members of the company. guiding experience in Managers and Staff One of his biggest concerns mountain rescue teams and was to improve living employment experience in conditions and cultural emergency medical systems development of Iran, so with and also he has taught Shamsi Nazari Moharam Soltani the aim of natural areas search and rescue science preservation and job creation for a long time. He had an for local communities he important role in ecotourism did his best to promote national committee and ecotourism educational tourism crisis management courses at Arasbaran as well. MR Shadloo has Company. Now in addition to played a lot of sport including the enthusiastic cooperation climbing, swimming, skiing, in the field of Arasbaran diving, rock climbing, water- organizational missions, he skiing. In 2006 he swam Shamsi Nazari with 25 Moharam Soltani who does charitable activities and across the Caspian Sea years of experience in was born in 1961 in Alborz training voluntary work. and recorded the longest Iranian Social Security province started his mountain open-water world swimming Organization is a member activities about 35 years endurance which opened of the Arasbaran’s board. ago. So far he has climbed Ali Shadloo a way for open-water She was born in 1960 and numerous peaks in Iran swimming enthusiasts. He has graduated in nursing from including Mount Damavand, guided a lot of Iranian tourism Shahid Beheshti University. Mount Alamkuh, Mount trips and has presented She is currently working Sabalan, Shirkuh, Alvand, etc. papers such as “underwater- in the charity sectors of and he still follows ecotourism ecotourism” in international Iran education, tourism activities with enthusiasm. conference and Milad tower and social activities Mr Soltani with 37 years› water conservation and in Arasbaran tourism experience in various fields “viaferata plan” in adventure Company. such as industrial, cultural Ali Shadloo who was born tourism national conference. and production began his in 1982 graduated in collaboration with Arasbaran crisis management and Tourism Company in 2010 has a master˙s degree and gradually joined the in ecotourism. He has shareholders and board
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Akram Samadi Banafsheh Khoshnevis www.arasbaran.org/en For all of these reasons she tries [email protected] to make connections around the world and introduce beauties of her country.
Sepehr Soltani
was born in 1987 and graduated Banafsheh Khoshnevis was born courses like; climbing, mountain in tourism management. With in 1991. Her BA major is English medicine and rock climbing a journey to Qeshm Island Translation and she was an English In addition Sepehr completed about 8 years ago she became teacher. As she loved traveling so diving courses and achieved acquainted with ecotourism much, she decided to continue certification of rescue diver. and decided to continue her studies in tourism field. Now He is also one of the eco tour ecotourism in a professional she is MA student of tourism guides of Arasbaran Company. and scientific way. Hence she planning. Banafsheh has been Sepehr Soltani as a board He is expert in swimming, skiing, participated in courses including working in travel agencies as a member and R & D manager and tennis and basketball. He also ecotourism tour guides, cultural tour planner for three years and the head of sales department has the provincial completion guides and technical manager also she was a visa consultant was born in 1993. Sepehr was ranks in these sports. Sepehr of tourism agencies courses. Also She got familiar with Arasbaran graduated in Civil engineering Soltani started his cooperation she began her mountaineering Company after she started from Islamic Azad University with Arasbaran from 2013 and activities with taking cultural tour guiding courses in this of Noor. He started hiking and a member of adventure club mountaineering internship and institution. It was a beginning of travelling in nature with his of Arasbaran which is working first aid courses and managed her cooperation with Arasbaran father when he was a child. on canyoning, skiing and rock to climb to the roof of Iran˙s as the international relations and From 2001 he started mountain climbing. Mount Damavand in 2009. Since also incoming tours› manager climbing professionally and the establishment of Arasbaran She likes Iran and thinks her he climbed different summits tourism Company she has country›s attractions and like Damavand, Alamkouh, worked here and currently she is capacities, especially incredible Sanboran, Shirkouh, Tochal the manager of Arasbaran tour natural sites should be one of the and etc. During these years he department in Iran. adventure lovers› destinations completed different related
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