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Britain’s Vote Leave campaign, which is pushing for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, has claimed that the island nation loses $1 billion (£723 million) per year on treating EU…

Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization submitted the dossier for polo to UNESCO on Thursday, in an attempt to register the ancient sport as an intangible cultural heritage…

Iran’s emerging travel market is expecting better times and will continue on the growth path, according to industry insiders.

The head of Tehran Province’s office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has tried to assuage concerns about municipalizing historical sites by assuring activists and…

Of the 270 hospitals in Iran active in health tourism, 125 centers have so far taken license from the Health Ministry.

Alaska Air Group is nearing a deal to acquire Virgin America, the ninth-largest US airline by passenger traffic, for more than $2 billion, having outbid JetBlue Airways Corp, people familiar with…

The majority of provinces filled more hotel rooms during the March 17-27 period, which coincided with the Iranian New Year holiday season (March 20 – April 1), compared to the same period last…

In spite of a pledge by President Hassan Rouhani a year ago to allocate funds for the restoration and preservation of the ruins of Persepolis, economic woes has prevented the government from…

Iranian architecture has always had a special place among the connoisseurs of the art, a statement confirmed by architecture aficionado Elaine Sciolino, who recently traveled to Iran.

The number of foreign visitors coming to Turkey tumbled 10% in February, the biggest drop in a decade, data showed last week, as widening security concerns ate into a major source of revenue for…

Tunisia’s central bank said on Thursday tourism revenue in the first two months in 2016 fell by 54% to 182 million dinars ($90.21 million) compared with the same period of 2015. The decline…

The Swedish Transport Ministry has approved Mahan Air’s plans to launch flights from Tehran to Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden during the summer period. In addition, Iran Air’s permission to operate…

Iran’s cultural heritage and historical sites have seen a massive rise in the number of visitors during in the first 10 days of the Iranian new year (started March 20).

Official data shows that 10% of Iran’s inbound tourists enter the country through the Bileh Savar Border Crossing between Ardebil Province and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

“This provides the…

A 22-strong Iranian delegation traveled to Trabzon in Turkey earlier this week to discuss the tourism potential of Iran’s Ardebil and Zanjan provinces as well as investment opportunities in the…

Russia and Iran are forging closer cultural relations as both countries open their doors to tourists.  

Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage, told The Art Newspaper’s online…

The UN aviation agency called Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector.

Aegean Airlines, Greece’s largest carrier in terms of fleet size, will permanently increase its flights to Tehran in the summer. Starting June 23, the Star Alliance member will increase Athens–…

Iran’s policy is to capitalize on its growing rapprochement with the international community and potential for halal tourism to turn the nascent travel industry into a force that pushes the…

Apparently, the streets of Paris are not clean enough for Japanese tourists. So tour agencies from Tokyo have taken matters into their own hands.

They are picking up litter around the…

Ensuring safe and seamless travel, enhancing the opportunities brought by technology and accelerating the shift towards a more sustainable sector are the priorities for the sector, said the UN…

Weekly return flights between Istanbul and various Iranian cities have hit 165 amidst growing interest in the countries tourism offerings, according to the Turkish daily Milliyet.

Passenger…

A total of 50 handicraft projects have been approved for the next fiscal year (starts March 20), according to the development and management deputy at Iran Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and…

With the Norouz holidays (March 20 – April 1) less than a week away, staple holiday destinations such as Shiraz in the south, Isfahan in the center and Noshahr, Ramsar and Kelardasht in the north…

In what is touted as Iran’s first-ever organized tour to Serbia, 300 Iranians are set to visit the Balkan country later this week.

The tourists will travel directly to the Serbian capital…