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The World Heritage Base in charge of management and conservation of Meymand Cultural Landscape in Kerman Province plans to revive the agricultural heritage of the site in collaboration with…

German carrier Airberlin will cancel its operations between Berlin and Abu Dhabi starting September 15 just weeks after the airline filed for insolvency.

Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf has adequate infrastructure to embark on the construction of a tourist resort on Samuran Mountain in Soheil Village.

As part of efforts to prepare the historical village of Kandovan in West Azarbaijan Province for UNESCO inscription, cultural heritage authorities have initiated plans to improve the aesthetic…

Famous tourist places, including Venice and the Maldives, are at risk of disappearing altogether due to climate change and over-tourism. Many of the famous tourist attractions around the world…

A score of new vacation houses have recently been opened in the northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh in Gilan Province, the deputy head of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, …

A looming US travel ban has prompted some daring American globetrotters to fast-track their vacations to North Korea.

Beginning September 1, United States passports will be invalid for…

Lack of proper advertisement is a major impediment in the way of Iran's domestic tourism, a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.  

Eight marine tourism spots along the Caspian Sea coastline in Mazandaran Province have been identified with the aim of facilitating investment in the sector, the head of the provincial office of…

The French Embassy in Iran has rejected accusations of fraud in its outsourced visa section in a statement on its official website.  

The embassy has entrusted visa-related tasks to…

Ali Asghar Mounesan, the new head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, has highlighted the role of tourism and handicrafts sector in boosting economic development…

Tourism, a traditionally strong pillar of Greece’s economy, holds a decisive role in the country’s efforts to recover from the current debt crisis, a survey carried out by Alpha Bank shows.

About 114,000 foreign tourists visited Yazd in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), earning the province an estimated $36 million in revenues.

Seyyed Mohammad Mirmohammadi,…

The highway from Tehran Province’s Roudehen County to Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province, will be completed by the end of the current Iranian year (20 March 2018), said an…

Hilton has announced the signing of a management agreement with Trillion Real Estate & Properties Private Limited for a new DoubleTree by Hilton property in the Indian state of Maharashtra…

Etihad Airways and Aerol?neas Argentinas have launched a new codeshare partnership.

Under the agreement, Etihad Airways customers are able to connect via Rome and Madrid to Buenos Aires…

Urmia-Najaf-Baghdad flights resumed on Monday with the first flight taking off from Urmia Airport in West Azarbaijan Province. “The flight is scheduled weekly on Mondays to take off at 9:45 a.m…

The general principles of the bill on converting Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization into a ministry have been approved by Majlis Joint Commission on Monday.

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The ancient relics displayed in an exhibition from April 14 to July 23 in Germany will be returned to Iran within a week, the head of Iran National Museum said.

Speaking to ISNA, Jebreil…

Omid Entrepreneurship Fund has been blamed for the delay in extending the promised low-interest loans for ecotourism projects in Ilam Province.

With a ban on US citizens traveling to North Korea reportedly set to come into effect next month, Pyongyang has unveiled a contingency plan: It is courting Russian tourists.

The number of Iranian tourists to Istanbul has seen an uptrend in recent years and could soon surpass the number of German visitors, partially as a result of economic recovery experienced after…

Russia has finally removed visa requirements for Iranian tourists based on an agreement signed recently to ease visits between the two countries.

According to Ali Rafiei, the deputy head…

As the controversial construction of an 18-story hotel near Arg-e Karim Khan (Karim Khan Citadel) in Shiraz, Fars Province, continues, calls from NGOs and heritage lovers for pulling down the…

Although three million pilgrims visit Iran annually, the sector is still underperforming, according to a faculty member at Tehran University.

Mohammad Reza Rezvani also lamented that…