A glittering ceremony attended by President Hassan Rouhani was held on Wednesday in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, to celebrate the city's designation as the Capital of Islamic Tourism in…
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Handmade artworks by Iranian artists are featuring at the 82nd International Handicrafts Trade Fair in Florence, Italy.
Iran is attending the event with 32 distinguished artists…
The Central Bank of Iran has asked outbound travelers to postpone their trips until new reforms in forex policies are fully enforced. Valiollah Seif, the CBI governor, made the statement in a…
Egypt's Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat said the first quarter of 2018 saw a 30% increase in the number of tourists visiting the country compared to 2017.
In a press conference on the…
The UN's cultural agency said a five-year project would restore and reconstruct faithfully the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its leaning minaret in Mosul, Iraq.
The mosque is where Abu…
The case of the body discovered in Shahr-e Rey in southern Tehran which is claimed to be the mummified body of the former king of Iran Reza Pahlavi (1878–1944) is in a state of ambiguity with…
The government's focus on the development of ecotourism, especially in rural areas, is a reliable means of creating a stable source of income for locals and preventing heterogeneous construction…
A top official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has complained that the travel industry's positive effects on economy and employment have either gone unnoticed…
Iran celebrated the International Day for Monuments and Sites on April 18 by various events and seminars while the preservation of the country's myriad of heritage sites is facing challenges.…
With parliamentary approval and as part of the directives of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2021), Tehran's four major museum complexes will collect 100% of their revenues following…
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has launched Tourism 2.0, a blockchain-enabled marketplace that connects potential buyers directly to hotels and tour operators.…
Ctrip's 300 million registered users will have access to personalized experiences from AccorHotels’ brands following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two travel companies…
The World Tourism Organization joined the tourism ministers of the G20 economies meeting in Buenos Aires this week in calling upon the G20 leaders to consider including tourism in their agenda…
The new restrictions on the trade of foreign currencies have caused great concern among outbound touring companies who complain that their sector has been overlooked while setting the priorities…
Pakistan authorities are working to introduce a new policy to build new tourism infrastructure and devise focused promotional strategies to uplift the country’s image.
The Philippines is set to deploy hundreds of riot police to top holiday island Boracay to keep travelers out and head off potential protests ahead of its six-month closure to tourists, the…
Payam Caravansary (formerly referred to as Yam) in West Azarbaijan Province is to reopen soon as a lodging facility after being renovated, said a senior authority at Revitalization and…
Following the demolition of several historical structures in Fars and Hamedan provinces, heritage authorities held a meeting to explore strategies to better protect cultural heritage sites.…
While experts and officials are at odds over the scheme to extend the weekend to two days, Iran Chamber of Commerce is hoping to have the parliament decide its fate by the end of the current…
Saheb Qaraniyeh (Lord of the Centuries) Palace, also known as Niavaran Palace in a cultural complex in the north of Tehran will soon go through restoration after 2.5 years of closure.
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A chartered flight carrying Brazilian tourists across the globe arrived in Iran on Friday to offer a four-day stay in the historical city of Shiraz, Fars Province.
The long-haul…
Social media users are being warned of a viral message that is currently going around claiming that Emirates has a new promotion that offers flyers a chance to bag free airfares in time for the…
Opening a royal palace in Wales could bring in an extra £36m in tourism spending, a report has said.
Gorwel, an independent non-party Welsh think tank, said the case for an official…
Persian Gulf Arab states' capital investments in tourism infrastructure are expected to reach $56 billion by 2022, with the UAE ranked the most competitive in the region, driven by the…
Hundreds of Iranian antique objects will soon go on display in Britain and the Netherland in an effort by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to introduce Iranian…
