South Africa will make its new visa rules easier for visitors with children and those from India, China and Russia, after tourism numbers dropped this year, the government said on Friday.
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Restoration of historical heritage sites is one of the government’s top priorities that has not yet received the attention it deserves, according to a board member of the Fund for Restoration and…
The popular Jewels of Persia route operated by the upmarket UK-based Golden Eagle Luxury Trains will resume its trips to Iran in 2016 following its temporary suspension.
Flying back home from an event where he had advocated for accessible transportation, a man with cerebral palsy had to crawl down the aisle to his wheelchair after United Airlines failed to provide…
Despite boasting qualified medical personnel, the lack of infrastructure could put a dent in Iran’s attempt at becoming a regional, if not global, medical tourism hotspot, according to the country…
Work to restore a monastery on the divided island of Cyprus has brought Turkish Cypriots together with Greek Cypriots, and Muslims with Christians.
Global demand for cruising reached 22.04 million passengers in 2014, up 68% from 13.1 million passengers in 2004, according to a new study from Cruise Lines International Association, the largest…
Two evaluators from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, affiliated with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, will assess Iran’s Lut Desert in the coming days…
New airport visa regulations aimed at facilitating foreign arrivals have gone into effect, two months after their approval.
Henceforth, most foreign travelers will be able to receive month-…
Air France seems keen to resume flights to Iran following the start of the implementation of the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers.
As Europe 1 reports, Air France-KLM…
London’s 156-year-old Big Ben clock, which has already shown signs of its age this year by chiming late—may now need major repairs that could leave one of the British capital’s major landmarks…
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and German Society for International Cooperation, or GIZ, issued a joint statement on Tuesday announcing cooperation on sustainable…
As relations between Iran and the West improve, tourists might get the reassurance they have been looking for to travel to one of the world’s ancient countries.
In an interview with AP,…
A German tourist has killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe, wildlife groups said on Friday, reviving the fierce debate over trophy hunting after the shooting of Cecil the…
On Saturday, Italy announced that UNESCO has approved its proposal to have the United Nation’s famous blue helmets protect heritage locations around the world from attacks by militants.
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A proposal to prohibit face-covering veils for Arab women could prove another nail in the coffin for Swiss hoteliers already contending with an overvalued currency.
The strength of the…
A thaw in relations and renewed British Foreign Office advice is opening up Iran for tourism for the first time since the 1970s, Chris Maxwell writes for London-based Director Magazine.
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A 70-strong group of environmentalists and tour leaders last week took it upon themselves to promote “responsible tourism” in Badab-e Soort, which was closed last month due to significant damage…
Asia continues to be the top destination in medical travel, according to a comprehensive study by iGATE Research, a market research and consulting firm based in India.
Asian medical…
Entrance fees for Greek museums and archeological sites are to increase significantly, doubling and even tripling in some cases, during next year’s tourist season, from April to October.
A variety of factors, from climate change to industrialization of agriculture, is forcing rural residents to abandon their farmlands to migrate to larger cities in search of better prospects.
A labor camp in Albania, a burial site in Chile and a Spanish mission in New Mexico are among a list of cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect, overdevelopment or social, political and…
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will begin identifying the country’s top handicraft workshops in the near future to set up a database. “Quality and quantity of the…
Iranian officials have targeted Armenia as one of the country’s 40 target markets to promote tourism.
Speaking to IRNA in Yerevan, Armenia, on Thursday, Masoud Soltanifar, the head of Iran’…
The first IATA educational scheme to be taught in real time by instructors in a virtual environment has been launched in conjunction with Harvard Business Publishing.
The first session of…
