TEHRAN -- Tourism management students of Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran will welcome tourists with white roses at Tehran’s Golestan Palace to celebrate the International Day for Monuments and Sites on April 17.

Imitated by International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1982, the day is annually celebrated on April 18 around the world.

The students will welcome visitors with the motto of “Each Tourist, an Ambassador of Peace”, the university’s dean of Tourism Management Faculty Hamid Zargham announced in a press release.

During the ceremony, white pigeons will be released in the Golestan Palace. Meanwhile, the visitors will be provided with English brochures introducing Iran’s 19 historical sites which have been registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, he added.

The venue will be also decorated with a white banner, on which visitors will write comments against vandalism in historical places.

The event is organized by the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organization’s office in Tehran, the Golestan Palace, and the Tehran Municipality.

Located in the heart and historic core of Tehran, the Golestan Palace was originally built during the Safavid dynasty in the historic walled city. However, it received its most characteristic features in the 19th century, when the palace complex was selected as the royal residence and seat of power by the Qajar ruling family.

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