Deputy for Tourism Affairs
Hamid Reza Tahmaseb Pour
Deputy for Economic and Investment Affairs
Abolhassan Sarshar
Manager of Geographical Department
Vahid Mazaheri
Kish is a resort island in the Persian Gulf. Due to its free trade zone status it is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels. It has an estimated population of 20,000 residents and about 5.5 million people visit the island annually. The area of the island is 91.5 km².
Kish Island is the purported to be the third most visited Western-oriented cities in the Middle East, after Sharm el-Sheikh and Dubai. Foreign nationals wishing to enter Kish Free Zone from legal ports are not required to obtain visas prior to travel. Valid travel permits are stamped for 14 days by airport and Kish port police officials.
