1. Kish Island Iran Ivana Rapošová 333300

2. Basic facts  91,5 km 2  19 km offshore from Iran  20 000 inhabitants  completely free trade zone  -> since mid 1990´s meant to be a rival to Dubai and Doha  -> 15% of all import to Iran  -> attempt to be indispensable to neighbors

3. Interesting facts  favourite tourist destination  consumer paradise  Internet University (1st of a kind)  „party island“  discourse of progress and modernity but strictly guarded

5. Sources  Peterson, S. (1998, January 14). On an island of free enterprise, Iran lets down its hair (a little). Christian Science Monitor. p. 10.  Kish Island travel guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Islandhttp://www.travels.tl /2011/11/kish-island-travel-guide/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Islandhttp://www.travels.tl /2011/11/kish-island-travel-guide/  Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Islandhttp://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Kish_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Islandhttp://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Kish_Island  Pictures:  http://www.kishislandhotels.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/08/Dariush-Grand-Hotel-Kish1.jpg http://www.kishislandhotels.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/08/Dariush-Grand-Hotel-Kish1.jpg  http://www.jsk.de/media.php/Projects/Hochhaeuser/flower _of_the_east_kish_01.jpg?width=600 http://www.jsk.de/media.php/Projects/Hochhaeuser/flower _of_the_east_kish_01.jpg?width=600  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_Island