A tourism delegation from Ilam Province returned Sunday from a 3-day visit to Babil Province in Iraq, CHTN reported. The delegation included provincial officials such as the head of the provincial…
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A Chinese company is sending more than 12,000 people on a holiday to Thailand, tourism officials say, with one resort hosting a series of back-to-back banquets catering to thousands of guests at a…
Precious Syrian historical sites in IS-controlled territory are being looted “into oblivion,” experts told NBC News amid reports the militants were closing in on more ancient treasures.
The Middle East’s tallest suspension bridge was inaugurated Saturday in Meshkin Shahr, Ardabil Province, in a ceremony attended by local officials and the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…
Over 1.6 million Iranians have visited Turkey since the beginning of the new Iranian year (started March 21), ISNA quoted Turkey’s ambassador to Tehran Reza Hakan Tekin as saying.
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) in Iran has announced its program for the International Museum Day on May 18, Mehr News Agency reported.
Museums across the country offer free…
A sunny noon this April 6, tourism entrepreneur Arvind Bhardwaj was simultaneously grappling with both riches and ruin at Byasi town, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, northern India. He…
The historic city of Yazd is set to be nominated for UNESCO-listed status by 2016, contingent on the successful restoration of its historical texture, IRNA reported.
Last week, a working…
Following the publication of a tourism report earlier this week by the parliament’s research center, deputy of tourism at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO)…
Moisture is threatening the integrity and longevity of the ancient Sarvestan Palace in Sarvestan County, Fars Province, ILNA reported.
The problem was spotted 4 months ago; nevertheless, no…
Iran’s first Persian garden-hotel hosted Tuesday tourism deputy of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), Morteza Rahmani Movahed, on his recent trip to Yazd…
Greece’s Association of Hellenic Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has been forced to lower its estimates for the year that as recently as the end of February was expected to see 25 million tourism…
Over 6 weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen has caused significant damage to the country’s heritage sites, UNESCO announced in a press statement Tuesday.
In line with the government’s commitment to boosting tourism, 230 trillion rials ($7 billion) is being spent on the development of Iran’s tourism infrastructure, the Persian daily Donya-e Eghtesad…
Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital has won the Middle East’s Responsible Tourism Award at the World Travel Awards for the third consecutive year. Established by the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi in 1999,…
Following the destruction of Shiraz’s historical texture due to development projects, namely the development of Shah Cheragh, recent reports indicate that the previously unknown fate of the city’s…
The legal procedure to allocate sufficient funds in the annual budget for the Persepolis World Heritage Site was successfully pursued by relevant bodies, said the director of the site Masoud…
Last month, terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) released a video showing militants smashing artifacts in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud and then blowing up the site. This is the…
Officials are planning to propose the registration of Kandovan village in East Azerbaijan Province on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Khabar Online quoted head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…
There is a knock at the door. “May I take ten minutes of your time to tell you more about Guileboom?” says our host, Khosrow, as he asks for permission to enter the gueshouse. We arrived less than…
In a major innovation, the Chinese government has named four tourists to a new blacklist, which could affect their credit ratings and freedom to travel for years, NPR reported.
The Parliament’s Research Center has recently published its latest report on tourism, ‘Tourism Statistics Index’, an analysis of the country’s traveling data using the 2014-2015 statistics of…
According to the head of the regional office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Abbas Motevali, the organization is offering loans worth 1 billion rials ($…
Construction work on Arak’s large museum is progressing well, according to the head of the office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) office in Markazi…
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) has submitted a request for a 400-billion-rial ($12 million) budget to preserve Persepolis, according to a deputy at the…
