S. Hamzavi

Software Engineer, Construction & Tourism Manager, Design Hobbyist


Tourism

My passion

I love traveling. Nothing in the world makes me more happy than seeing new places and people with different cultures. This was no secret for me but when I was introduced to CouchSurfing the door of a new world was opened for me. My first experience with CouchSurfing was in Holland when I invited some people to stay at my place. Later I tried it myself and visited many countries. When I went back to Iran I countinued my participance in couchsurfing but many of my guests asked me why I don't try to earn money with my skill as a tourist guid. Iran is one of the top tourist destinations. Actually there are lots of books written about Iran as a MUST see country. The best seller book of Germany in 2017 was "Couch surfing in Iran".

Ok, what was needed was a diploma for tourist guid. Immediately I signed up for a course of tourism at South Industrial management Institute and studied full time. After a real hard eight months of study I got my diploma and used my web design skill to build a website for my travel agency. Now I am founder and manager of Iran Travel Advisor. In the beginning I just accepted tourist for attractions in my region but when requests for other part of the country raised, I expanded my company and cooperated with other businesses like car rental companies, hotels and ticket sale offices.

Some of my friends (in the institute where I studied tourist guid) were qualified persons for "Adventure Tourism". I made a contract with them and soon we had added a new branch to my agency. The provency that I live in "Fars" is one of the most touristic provvencies of Iran. We have the most historical sites in Iran. It is also the third provency for "Religious tourism". At the other hand, my city "Shiraz" is maybe the number one city for "Health Tourism" Shiraz is also named the "Cultural Capital of Iran".