Publish Date: 13 October 2015 - 16:33

KERMAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) - Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman will host foreign tourists for car racing in Lut Desert for a week, head of provincial Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Office said.

Mohammad Jahanshahi made the remarks this morning adding that the grand desert rally will be held with the participation of 19 four-wheel off-road vehicles which came to Iran from Europe and tend to explore Iran’s desert areas for some two weeks. The group will come to Lut Desert on October 19.  

The tour has been organized by a famous travel agency which is indeed among the best tour operators in Iran.

The event can be effective in introducing the region as one of the world’s most intact and beautiful deserts, he added.

Moreover a group of UNESCO’s International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which works in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, will travel to Kerman for reviewing the latest developments of the global registration of Lut.

 

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