The government has instructed five ministries and Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to form a taskforce whose sole responsibility is to ensure Tabriz’s hospitality…
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The once obscure and unassuming area of Chernobyl in a remote northern corner of Ukraine has become synonymous with the worst-case scenario in a nuclear accident.
Until the 2011 Fukushima…
More than 85,000 foreign tourists visited Isfahan Province in Farvardin—the first month of the Iranian year (March 21–April 20), breaking a 40-year record.
That is more than a third of the…
It took a viral video showing the violent removal of a bloodied passenger from one of its flights to do it, but United Airlines is trying to improve its customer service.
The US airline…
Australian budget airline Jetstar has ranked last in a new survey of more than 100 airlines.
A new global study has found Jetstar to be the worst performing overall, according to more than…
A health tourism development project is set to be piloted in Kermanshah Province in cooperation with the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organization.
Tourists are returning to Nepal, two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands. The earthquake in Nepal that killed 9,000 people two years ago didn’t just devastate communities, but…
Egypt plans to promote religious, medical and luxury trips, and develop new markets in India and Eastern Europe, as it pushes to revive its vital tourism industry to pre-2011 levels within two…
The FIFA World Cup is the most popular sports event on the planet, watched by millions of people in stadiums and hundreds of millions at home.
In fact, the last World Cup in 2014 netted the…
Some 20 million foreign tourists traveled to Iran from the summer of 2013 (when President Hassan Rouhani took office) up to the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2016), the tourism deputy at…
The International Air Transport Association says 2016 saw a mammoth 40 million safe flights, but urged aviation stakeholders to reinforce their commitment to safety.
Louvre Museum’s relics from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome as well as several French artworks will be exhibited at the National Museum of Iran titled “Louvre in Tehran” for four months. …
Archeological excavations in Neyriz County, Fars Province, have revealed people settled in the region some 35,000 years ago, the archeologist heading the excavation said.
American Airlines suspended a flight attendant and apologized after the video of an altercation between the employee and a sobbing mother surfaced on social media.
US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority nations faces its second challenge at a US appeals court next month and this time more Republican states are backing the…
The first information and tourist services office at a border crossing in Iran was launched in Mehran Border Terminal in Ilam Province last week.
The office is a pilot project to organize…
Iran and Portugal have signed an agreement to allow visa-free travel between the two countries for diplomatic and service passport holders.
Ten out of Iran’s 14 international airports issue visa on arrival to citizens of 180 countries but since this is not publicized, many tourists go to airports where the service is not offered.
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Representatives from Slovenian and Serbian tour operators and tourism boards met with Iranian travel agents in Tehran on Saturday to promote their respective countries.
Held at Tehran’s…
Lawmakers last week approved a proposal to discuss the pros and cons of converting Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization into a ministry.
Similar proposals were…
Egyptian tourism officials have been buoyed after the unearthing of a nobleman’s 3,000-year-old tomb—the latest in a series of major discoveries of ancient artifacts.
Iranian hotels registered a 45% occupancy rate during the Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 20–April 2) with 1.45 million people spending at least one night in hotels.
Dissatisfied…
The International Air Transport Association has reported further strong passenger traffic growth in February.
Total revenue passenger kilometers rose 4.8% in February, compared to the same…
Malaysia Airlines, which lost a wide-body jet with 239 people aboard three years ago in one of history’s most enduring aviation mysteries, has become the first airline to sign an agreement for…
Traditional ecolodges in Yazd Province proved to be popular during the Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 20 – April 2), a senior provincial official said.
“Surveys (of guests) show…
