To facilitate payment when using taxis, officials in Urmia, West Azarbaijan Province, are going ahead with plans to equip cabs with radio-frequency identification systems to allow passengers to…
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In a meeting with Iranian officials, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin revealed plans to facilitate visa procedures for a number of countries, including Iran. Ukraine's top diplomat made…
Official talks on visa-free travel between Iran and Russia for groups will begin next month, according to Russia's Federal Agency for Tourism.
Quoting a statement published on the agency's…
According to figures released on Wednesday, tourism has overtaken dairy as New Zealand's top earner of overseas dollars. And tourism officials say the success of the fantasy movie trilogy "The…
Feasibility studies have begun on four projects to develop Sistan-Baluchestan Province's marine tourism, according to the provincial tourism chief.
Provincial officials underline that…
The former British Consulate in the city of Kerman in Kerman Province, which is under restoration to be repurposed into an oil museum, will open to public in March 2017, in time for the two-week…
New research from global travel technology company, Sabre Corporation, has found that travelers would drop a hundred dollar bill to make their travel a little more "about me".
Sabre…
Following the resignation of Sports and Youth Minister Mahmoud Goudarzi last week, Masoud Soltanifar, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, was nominated by…
Brazil’s government is considering waiving visas for tourists from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan, as part of an effort to make the country more appealing to international…
Restoration of historical sites and buildings in other countries whose history is linked to Iran has been suspended due to a lack of funds, announced a top official in Iran's Cultural Heritage,…
Egypt hopes to encourage tourists from new markets like China, Japan and Ukraine, a year after Russia and Britain suspended flights to the land of the pyramids, the country's tourism minister said…
Amid reports that occupancy rates at Trump Hotels have slipped this election season, the company has announced that new brand hotels will no longer bear the Trump name.
The newest line of…
After months of legal struggle, the height of two silos on the outskirts of the ruins of Persepolis and Naqsh-e-Rostam in Marvdasht, Fars Province, was reduced on Sunday.
To rally full-scale support from government officials to develop marine tourism, Iran's tourism authority has drafted an agreement to be signed by five ministries and the heads of 12 relevant…
The plan to cede 20 historical sites to a Chinese company for restoration and operation has caused concern among cultural heritage activists.
According to new figures, American tourists will outnumber Icelanders in their own country by the end of the year.
Spanish hotel group Grupo Martinon has officially declared its readiness to invest in the construction of three hotels in Iran.
A senior cultural heritage official has put an end to rumors about the discovery of mummified remains and such ancient artifacts in Iran.
The Touring and Automobile Club of Iran is close to signing a deal with provincial tourism and natural resources officials for taking over the management of Badab-e-Soort Natural Springs in…
Google wants to make it easier for people to snag the lowest possible airline prices, thanks to the latest version of the company’s Flights search service.
The update, which will roll out…
One of the world's leading tour operators of private jet expeditions announced on Thursday its 2018 schedule and new full-charter opportunities, with a popular destination in Iran featuring in two…
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, is halting ticket sales for elephant rides, selfies with tigers and other tourist entertainment deemed cruel to animals.
Tourism officials of Isfahan Province plan to hold a medical tourism conference in the province before the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017).
The immediate reaction to an announcement earlier this month by Masoud Soltanifar, head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, about liberalizing hotel rates was…
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Work will soon begin on an ambitious marine tourism project in the port city of Bandar-e-Gaz in Golestan Province, with an estimated investment of 2.1 trillion rials ($60 million).
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