Magic Carpet Travel

In spite of some media coverage to the contrary, Iranians are a welcoming people who, through curiosity and genuine hospitality, love to meet visitors. Iran itself, beautiful and diverse, has been opening up to the West and over recent years has become a more seriously considered tourist option. Yet, in this vast country that culturally and historically has so much to offer, tourism has still barely scratched the surface.

As a native Iranian who has lived much of my life in the UK, I felt passionately that there was much amiss with Iran's image in the West. Some of this negative image was justified at the time, but there has also been plenty of unnecessary media-fed misunderstanding on both sides.

I've seen this at first hand because much of my (extensive) family is still in Iran, and over the years I have been travelling backwards and forwards between the two countries; between two completely different cultures.