Addressing a meeting of central headquarters for coordinating travel services, he said that the criteria for selecting the best cities in the field will be announced soon.
Referring to the private sector's involvement in maintaining historical monuments, he added that based on a plan seriously pursued since two years ago, historical caravansaries, bathrooms and houses with a potential for turning into residential sites will be ceded to the private sector's investors.
Some 30 monuments were ceded to the private sector, he said, noting that call-up for ceding other 60 historical sites has been issued and the operations to cede the sites would hopefully completed by the end of the current Iranian year (to end on March 20).
Ceding the monuments to private sector will prevent destruction of the sites and help generate jobs, Soltanifar said.
'We believe that the country's tourism will have bright future because all officials have reached the conclusion that using all resources and capacities of the green and quick-return industry will contribute to the country's development,' he said.
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