Isfahan Handicraft Home is seeking to help boost the sector by placing the focus on the aspects of the industry that have been neglected for long.
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Director of the tourism department at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Mohammad Moheb-Khodaei, said Saturday that his office has been mandated as the sole body…
More and more tourists have been prolonging their stay in Croatia because of the incredible atmosphere that spread across the entire country during the FIFA World Cup.
Iran is to start granting visas on arrival to Indian citizens as of July 23.
As per a recent directive issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indian travelers can obtain visas on…
A food festival is scheduled to be held in parallel with a tourism exhibition in early September in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, to explore gastronomic delights of the religious tourism…
In a trip to Lorestan on Thursday, Ali Asghar Mounesan, head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, met with provincial authorities who made a point of voicing…
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has allotted a budget of 20 billion rials ($0.4 million) to restore the infrastructure around Surt springs, locally known as Badab-…
When Egyptian archaeologists opened an ancient sarcophagus dating back 2,000 years, they found three skeletons and a lot of red, liquid sewage, the country's antiquities ministry said on…
Low-cost airline Ryanair canceled flights Friday as a 24 hour pilot strike went ahead, affecting passengers in the UK and Ireland.
Ryanair issued an apology to affected customers on…
The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has added foreign handicrafts to the list of banned imports upon the request of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
Two ancient clay crocks were discovered in Shahabieh Village of Khomein County in Markazi Province on Thursday, during construction excavations.
The historical Shah Abbasi caravansary sitting in Karaj, Alborz Province, opened to the general public on Monday during a ceremony attended by government officials.
Restoration of a 300-year-old bridge in Babol, Mazandaran Province, has been initiated after years of anticipation for measures to return the historical structure to its original form.
Two Iranian-made catamarans are set to operate between Iran’s Khorramshahr and Iraq’s Basra ports, in a bid to attract more tourists to Arvand Free Trade Zone.
Both catamarans have…
South Africa’s travel and tourism sector will honor the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela’s centenary by focusing on local tourism.
A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring nearly two dozen people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing…
Ali Asghar Mounesan, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, voiced opposition to policies regarding the allocation of foreign exchange to travelers, stressing…
Kermanshah’s Governor General Houshang Bazvand called for increased efforts to complete two major tourism projects in the western province.
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has plans to promote travel spots around Tehran in a bid to both diversify destinations and alleviate the mass tourism plaguing…
Bandung, the capital city of the West Java Province of Indonesia, is eyeing Muslim visitors with a halal tourism concept. “Halal tourism is a concept of tourism that aims to meet the needs of…
A ceremony and pilgrimage event titled Badarak observed annually in the St. Thaddeus Monastery, also known as Qare Kelisa, in West Azarbaijan Province received a boost this year by enlisting…
An opinion poll carried out by Thailand’s National Institute for Development Administration showed that a majority of people believe the so-called “zero-dollar tours” are damaging the image of…
More than 10.5 million Iranians traveled to foreign countries during the previous Iranian fiscal year (March 2017-18), indicating a 14.8% rise compared with a year earlier.
A huge fire swept through the historical central mosque in Sari, capital of Mazandaran Province, on Thursday seriously damaging its wooden and mud structures.
The fire began at…
An international agreement was signed between representatives from the International Association of Silk Road and officials at Hamedan Province's Chamber of Commerce in a meeting earlier this…
