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Iran Tourism Tilting Toward Outbound Travel

The number of Iranian tourists to foreign destinations has increased this year widening the gap between the country’s inbound and outbound tourism
Close to 8.5 million Iranians travelled abroad during the nine months to Dec. 21, 2017.
Close to 8.5 million Iranians travelled abroad during the nine months to Dec. 21, 2017.
Out of the added 1.1 million tourists, nearly 999,000 were religious travelers and only about 142,000 individuals traveled to non-religious destinations

The latest statistics on Iran's inbound and outbound travelers during the nine months since the start of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017) indicate that the balance between the two figures is swinging further in favor of outgoing travel. 

Close to 8.5 million Iranians left the country for foreign destinations during the period, of which over 4.5 million were pilgrims and about 3.8 million were non-religious travelers. 

The figure registers about 15.5% increase compared with the same period of last year with ...

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