German journalists began their familiarization tour of the ancient Yazd Province on Thursday, courtesy of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, ISNA reported. The…
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The Fourth International Handicraft Exhibition opened in Tehran on Wednesday at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground.
The exhibition, which ends on Monday, helps domestic and…
PeopleThe International Air Transport Association announced that Andres Conesa, CEO of Aeromexico, has assumed his duties as chairman of the IATA Board of Governors for a one-year term, effective…
PeopleKenya will increase spending in 2015-16 on security to help the country’s tourism industry rebound after a wave of attacks by militants.
The 2-trillion-shilling ($21 billion) budget…
PeopleStrong competition from Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah is likely to hit hotel performance in Muscat for the remainder of this year, with revenue per available room (RevPAR) forecast to fall,…
PeopleHuge tidal waves 3.5 to 4 meters high in Chabahar, north of the Gulf of Oman on June 9 were due to the Ashuba tropical storm, said Ali Molla Shahi, an official of Sistan-Baluchestan weather…
PeopleDue to the high costs of inpatient care for hospitals, insurance companies, and patients, the novel idea of home-based intensive care services will be available by the end of spring (ends June 20…
Peoplec students’ research houses, will be active this summer season (June 21-September 20), said Deputy Minister of Education for Cultural Affairs, Hamidreza Kaffash .
PeopleTehran’s districts 6, 7, 11 and 12 are the core areas of the capital; however only 13% of the city’s population of 8.17 million resides in the four central districts.
Currently 250,000…
PeopleThe Iranian Red Crescent Society is a non-government organization dealing with a variety of humanitarian issues. The IRCS statute ratified by the Majlis (parliament) defines its goals as:…
PeopleMore than three million children living in France – or one in every five – live below the poverty line, according to a new report by UNICEF published on Tuesday.
The UN agency devoted to…
PeopleTobacco companies should pay an annual levy to cover the cost of helping people to stop smoking, says a news report by the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) group.
Campaigners in Britain…
PeopleA woman has given birth to a healthy child after doctors restored her fertility by implanting ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen while she was a child.
The success of the…
PeopleScientists should work in gender-segregated labs, according to a Nobel laureate, who said the trouble with “girls is that they cry when criticized.”
Tim Hunt, an English biochemist who…
PeopleTour operators offering pilgrimage services now have tax-exempt status, following a directive issued by the Majlis.
PeopleResearchers in Peru have discovered a trio of statuettes they believe were created by the ancient Caral civilization some 3,800 years ago, the culture ministry said Tuesday.
The mud…
PeopleMaritime tourism, especially in northern Iran, has so far failed to realize its potential. To remedy the situation, merely adding passenger vessels and establishing transportation terminals for…
PeopleImam Khomeini International Airport’s Salam Terminal is expected to become operational by summer 2016, effectively increasing the airport’s capacity, government news agency Dolat reported.
PeopleNew York and Los Angeles, the most popular destination cities in the US, can thank two of China’s largest metropolices - Beijing and Shanghai - for some of their biggest-spending tourists.
PeoplelHong Kong officials have issued a red alert warning against travel to South Korea in response to the recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
According to the BBC,…
PeopleThe “Children’s Park” is in the final stages of construction and will be inaugurated in summer, said Ali Mohammad Mokhtari, head of Tehran Parks and Green Spaces.
PeopleTeenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets “for as little as a pack of cigarettes or for several hundred or thousand dollars, depending on…
PeopleIran’s top position in the field of kidney transplant in the Middle East was acknowledged by Head of the 1st International Nephrology and Urology Congress Dr. Behzad Einollahi.
PeopleFour new branches of Parto Institution, a non-government organization (NGO) that provides support to working children, are to be inaugurated in Tehran by the end of the current Iranian year (March…
PeopleThe Iran Behavioral Sciences Research Center (BSRC) conducted a study on 4,650 teenagers in the 8-14 age groups from Tehran, Isfahan, Abhar, Rudbar, Rasht, and Kashan between 2013 and 2014 and…
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