Tourism and mines industry in Iran

Salt mines of Garmsar in Semnan Province

Tehran, IRNA -- Tourism pertaining to the mines industry has been specialized tourism aiming to promote the active mines and contribute to the economic development of the rural areas.

Mineral industry is a national heritage with different forms such as surface mines, underground mines, and archaeological mines strive to attract tourists, who are interested in minerals and getting experience in working in mines.

Iran is a country with rich underground and mineral resources, the exploitation and discovery of mines and the smelting of minerals, and the extraction of metals from them dates back to ancient times. Among the provinces of Iran, Zanjan, Yazd, Kerman, Semnan, North Khorasan, and some other provinces have great potentials for promoting mining tourism. 

The developed countries such as Australia, Germany, Canada, and Norway have tapped in to the potentials of mining or mining tourism, but this potential is to some extent unknown in Iran.

In this regard, Yazd Province with more than 50 types of minerals, ranks first in Iran in terms of mineral diversity.

In this text, we will have a look at some mining tourism destinations in Iran.