Tabriz city was chosen as the tourism center of the Islamic world of 2018. Government officials delayed the second inauguration ceremony of the project to cancel the project.

According to Program, the opening ceremony of Tabriz 2018 should be held at the beginning of 2018. Those responsible were put off for the Nevruz holiday due to the weather conditions. They told that it is more common to hold banquets on holidays and that many tourists will come to the region.

But as the holiday of Nevruz approached, the program changed. President National Council of Planning of Tabriz 2018 Mahammadrza Nematzade said that the opening ceremony was postponed for another month.

On Wednesday Nematzade told reporters that “After many arrangements, the President confirmed that on 25 April, he will attend the Tabriz 2018 opening ceremony.”

In Niamey, Nigeria’s capital Islamic Cooperation Organization (IKT) choose Tabriz city as as the capital city of Islamic tourism in 2018. It was expected that this city will attract many tourists from many parts of the world, especially from the Islamic world in 2018. However, government officials do not allow the outreach of South Azerbaijan and Tabriz by postponing the opening ceremony and by preventing allocating the budget for this work.

“Project preview of “Tabriz 2018” was announced that the ceremony at the beginning of 2018, . It is now clear that the government intends to postpone the official opening ceremony and remove tourism opportunities for Tabriz.