IRNA � Managing Director of Kish Free Trade Zone (KFTZ) Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari says celebrations, marking advent of the new Iranian year (Norouz), will be held in southern Kish Island as 10 countries will attend it.

Mozaffari told IRNA that Iran will celebrate the Norouz Festival based on the policy to expand foreign tourism as the KFTZ priority.

Among other programs adopted to encourage tourism have been establishing direct flight links with regional states.

He said direct Baghdad-Kish and Erbil-Kish flights are on agenda of KFTZ and such direct flights have been offered to Kuwait as well.
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