Since the mid-1990s the Iranian government has embarked on
an aggressive promotional and developmental campaign to tailor Kish as a rival
to Dubai but mainly a big rival to Doha. Steps taken in order to
accomplish this include launching massive construction projects and programs
designed to attract foreign investment and trade. Within the area of the Kish
Free Zone, as it is known, the standard laws of the Islamic Republic
of Iran are far more relaxed than on the mainland, which has resulted
in significant increases in mostly domestic tourist population over the years,
as well as in
