Travel

The decline in the number of foreign tourists visiting the US has been dubbed “Trump Slump,” citing the January 2017 ban imposed by the administration of US President Donal Trump against…

Qatar Airways is continuing its expansion in Asia by adding a   flight to Bangkok, providing its passengers even more flexibility in visiting the Thai capital.

Iran has not achieved its target of drawing a large number of Chinese tourists, as it only attracts 80,000 of the country's 130 million traveling worldwide annually, an official at Iran's…

To restore the quake-stricken historical heritage sites in Kermanshah Province, a sizable budget of 235 billion rials ($5.2 million) have been allocated by the government.

The 7.3-…

Thailand is hosting the 37th ASEAN Tourism Forum from 22-26 January at the Chiang Mai Exhibition and Convention Center under the theme “ASEAN: Sustainable Connectivity, Boundless Prosperity”.

The municipality of Tous historical city in Khorasan Razavi Province has banned all heavy vehicles from entering Shahnameh Boulevard to protect its historical monuments.

Chinese and Russian visitors boosted Middle Eastern tourism last year, following a 2016 slump as Europeans gave the area a wide berth on security fears, the United Nations World Tourism…

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest low-cost carrier, announced that, from June 27, it will become the first airline to connect the UAE and the Turkish city of Izmir with a…

The installation of railings on the edges of Si-o-Se Pol, a historical bridge over Zayanderoud in Isfahan Province, was approved by the Technical Council of the provincial office of Iran's…

Chinese officials blame Iran's low share of the Asian country's tourism market on its inadequate lodging facilities, the small number of Chinese restaurants and the absence of people speaking…

To encourage more Russians to visit Iran, a number of private travel companies, including travel agencies and airlines have invited a team of tour operators from the northern neighbor to visit…

The Syrian government is making efforts to promote the country as a tourist destination following a civil war that has devastated much of its area.

This week the Syrian government is…

Despite US President Donald Trump's new policies to roll back some of his predecessor's opening to Cuba, travel to the island is booming from dozens of countries, including the US.

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The number of New Zealanders worried about the impact of the booming tourism industry on the country is growing rapidly, according to a new survey.

The survey, commissioned by New…

Iran’s annual handicraft export revenue has tripled since the government took office in 2013, setting a record compared to past figures, a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage,…

Concurrent with the National Clean Air Day (Jan. 19), the first bike path was launched in Tehran's District 11 on Friday to promote eco-friendly tourism in the capital's historical zone.

An Iranian delegation headed by Ali Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, is attending Fitur 2018, Spain's International Tourism Trade Fair…

Britain’s tourist boom since the Brexit vote faded in the three months to September, as growth in the number of visitors slid to a one-year low, official data showed on Thursday.

Three heritage structures in the historical zones of Hamedan, locally known as Chaman, were flattened on Sunday by the municipality reportedly to make way for the construction of a multi-storey…

Caspian Airlines will start operating flights to Doha, Qatar, from Bandar Abbas in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province as of Jan. 17, the first direct route to the destination from the Iranian…

Sistan-Baluchestan, the vast southeastern province of Iran that has long suffered the stigma of insecurity, is now taking its first steps to become a popular tourist destination but the efforts…

Archeologists have discovered ancient cliff carvings in the Meymeh and Shahin Shahr districts of Isfahan Province, estimated to be up to five millennia old, a senior official at Iran's Cultural…

Starting on Tuesday, China will exempt nationals of the UAE carrying ordinary passports from obtaining pre-entry visas, with the possibility of staying for up to 30 days on each visit.

Every year, millions of tourists travel abroad for medical services, which has turned health tourism into one of the industries with the most economic profitability across the world.

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The State Department last week unveiled four-tiered categories to warn travelers of potential dangers overseas, using commonsense language ranging from “Exercise normal precaution” to “Do not…