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The Iranian Hoteliers’ Society has renewed calls for striking down municipal tax, arguing that doing so would help reduce room rates by 35%.

Speaking to ISNA, Jamshid Hamzehzadeh, the…

Islamic Revolution Mostazafan Foundation, one of the largest conglomerates in Iran, will send a team of experts to study the tourism potential of Lark and Hengam islands in the Persian Gulf. “The…

The dossier for Arasbaran Forest in East Azarbaijan Province will be submitted to UNESCO this week, as authorities eye Iran’s second natural site on the coveted World Heritage List.

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The proposed route of the project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf in the south to Kerman and Yazd provinces in central Iran might change if impact assessments conclude that the…

Despite global challenges and threats to tourism—an increase in terror activity, unstable financial and economic situations like Brexit and growing political hostility fueled by the likes of…

Football fans will face “a challenge” when traveling between games at the continent-wide European Championship in 2020, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday.

The tournament…

Offering tours without a guide is illegal and travel agencies face legal action if any complaints are filed against them, asserted a senior tourism official.

Tehran Municipality's illegal excavation near Golestan Palace, Tehran's only world heritage site, has been suspended upon the request of a cultural heritage authority.

Golestan Palace was…

Jordan’s tourism sector has proved resilient with revenues stable at $4 billion in 2016 against the previous year despite several militant attacks, the tourism minister said.

Jordan last…

Excavations at Mashhad Morghab, Fars Province, have led to the discovery of multiple architectural and urban structures as well as relics dating back to the Mesolithic (20,000 BC–9,500 BC) and…

Pintapin, an online hotel reservation service, now allows foreign tourists to book rooms using international credit cards. Due to banking restrictions placed on Iran, international credit cards…

In eastern Iran, in a tiny village in Khorasan Razavi Province, windmills that are over a thousand years old still stand, and thanks to the commitment of a single individual, they still turn.

High costs of traveling have made tourism a luxury, according to the director of the Association of Air Transport and Tourism Agencies of Iran.

Speaking to the travel news website Safar,…

Touted as the financial and political capital of Iran, Tehran was never promoted as a holiday destination.

Tours of Tehran were only held during long holidays, such as the two-week Norouz (…

The US Transportation Security Administration discovered nearly 3,400 firearms in carry-on bags last year at US airports, an average of nine per day across 238 airports. There was a 28% increase…

Tabasi House, a historical building in Kashan, Isfahan Province, was inscribed on the National Heritage List on Jan. 14, according to the head of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage…

Chinese hotel bookings to Thailand for the Lunar New Year have tumbled, as a crackdown on cheap package tours hits visitor numbers from its biggest source of holidaymakers.

Tourism is…

The tourism authority in Khuzestan Province will organize bird-watching tours around wetlands as well as Khor-e Musa (Persian for Musa Bay) and the banks of Arvandroud river to promote eco and…

Occupancy rates in most Iranian hotels have seen a 10% decline since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016) compared with the same period of previous year.

Iran’s revenues from medical tourism have more than doubled over the last 12 months, according to the vice president of the Association for Development of Medical Tourism Services.

The number of visitors to Spain hit a new record in 2016, the government said on Thursday.

It was the fourth consecutive record year with numbers boosted by security concerns in some other…

Azerbaijan has started issuing e-visas for Iranian nationals in the latest step taken by either country to develop bilateral tourism ties. “The move aims to facilitate visa procedures for our…

The establishment of a national travel fund can help make traveling more affordable for families that may otherwise be unable to travel, the director of the Association of Air Transport and…

Global demand for air travel rose 7.6% in November, the strongest rate for nine months, with European traffic rebounding, the International Air Transport Association reported last week.

Developing Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf is one of the country's strategic plans to help promote tourism and jumpstart the local economy, according to an official at Iran's Cultural Heritage…