TEHRAN – Qazvin’s tourism directorate has introduced a selection of 22 rural villages as its emerging destinations for rural tourism across the west-central Iranian province.

After rounds of assessments conducted by the provincial experts, 22 villages with tourism values have been shortlisted for rural tourism, the deputy provincial tourism chief said on Monday.

With these new selections, the number of Qazvin’s touristic villages reaches 29, the report said.