Travel

The number of tourists traveling to Iran for advanced medical attention has grown by almost 40% in the past five years, according to a board member of the Tehran-based International Health…

With Thai AirAsia X launching for the first time direct flights between Bangkok and Tehran in June, the budget airline’s chief executive believes more Iranians will visit Thailand this year.…

The prospects for Egypt’s vital tourism industry are looking dire after another aviation disaster.

Can the seemingly unending saga over hotel prices and which organization should set them be coming to a close? It seems so.

The first phase of the trial scheme to issue electronic visas in Iran’s consular offices will soon be launched at the Iranian Consulate General in Dubai, the UAE.

The plan will go into…

In line with the country’s self-declared goal of attracting 20 million tourists a year by 2025, the National Development Fund of Iran will provide around 1.8 trillion rials ($52 million) in the…

At the invitation of Iraqi Kurdistan’s General Authority for Tourism, 10 Iranian companies traveled to the autonomous region this week with the aim of expanding bilateral ties.  

More than a dozen projects funded by private investors are underway in Semnan Province, contributing to the development of tourism infrastructure in the north-central province.

A proposal by Iran’s tourism authority to reduce the tariff on imported tour buses in order to renovate the aging fleet of substandard coaches has been rejected by the Ministry of Industry, Mine…

Tehran’s iconic Milad Tower will host the 8th edition of Persia Travel Market on May 25-27, Mehr News Agency reported. The main aim of the 3-day event is to provide a platform for experts and…

On the occasion of the International Museum Day (May 18) and Cultural Heritage Week, six museums will be inaugurated today in West Azarbaijan, Golestan, Gilan, Razavi Khorasan and Alborz provinces…

Chinese investment in tourism will double to around 2 trillion yuan ($306 billion) by 2020, the China National Tourism Administration said in a report late on Sunday, as the country looks to…

Working holidaymakers from overseas were given a reprieve Tuesday from being hit with a so-called “backpacker tax” in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry.

Travelers from Russia curbed their spending abroad by 30% in 2015 compared to the previous year, while domestic tourism went up by 20%, RT reported. Russians spent $35 billion on accommodation,…

With Russian tourists s banned from traveling to Turkey and Europeans in two minds over visiting the Near East country, Turkey’s once-thriving tourism industry is in dire straits. The sector’s…

Hotels in Cuba are breaking contracts with UK holiday companies following the opening up of the island to US visitors, according to a travel lawyer.

Ian Skuse, a partner at Blake Morgan,…

In a meeting on Wednesday with the tourism authorities of Isfahan Province last week, Chinese investors expressed interest in developing the province’s tourism infrastructure.

Based on a comprehensive plan devised by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization with help from UNESCO, the restoration of Arg-e Bam (Bam citadel) will be complete by 2017…

The head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has urged Iranian expats to report stolen Iranian artifacts to the organization to help return the relics home.

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Emirates Group’s subsidiary Dnata will open a travel agency in Iran later this quarter, its first foray into the country in a decade.

Dnata, an airport and travel services company, exited…

A senior official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has shrugged off charges that the increase in prices of package holidays offered by tour operators is the result…

Authorities in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region on Monday were forced to limit the flow of tourist buses carrying passengers from Iran to the region following a strike by Kurdish taxi drivers…

The federation of Egyptian tourism agencies said on Monday it had paid $140,000 each in compensation to the families of three of eight Mexican tourists killed by mistake last year.

The…

Iran’s tourism chief Masoud Soltanifar announced last week plans to subsidize travel to under-the-radar destinations in a bid to spread travel inside the country.

While the head of Iran’s…

About 73 relics were returned to Iran on Monday by the United States government, the Foreign Ministry announced in a statement. The artifacts were handed over to the National Museum of Iran, Borna…