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Yazd World Heritage Base is planning to hold a festival in March 2018 to celebrate the city's global inscription.  The event is scheduled for March 8 and 9 and will be attended by UNESCO's…

A booklet on potential fields of investment in heritage, handicrafts and tourism sectors in South Khorasan Province was published early this week.

Handicraft is among Iran’s most productive sectors, but it has not grown to its full capacity due to deficiencies in marketing and sales.

Bahman Namvar Motlaq, Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…

To solve the issue of accommodation for the growing number of tourists to Kerman Province, the provincial office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization is cooperating…

For the first time, remote sensing techniques have been employed in Iran to study and identify archeological sites and cemeteries in the warzones of Ilam and Kermanshah provinces.

Remote…

Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines has launched direct flights between Ankara and Paris on Tuesday.

TAV Esenboga Airport’s General Manager Nuray Demirer said flights to and…

Isfahan’s office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has given top priority to ecotourism in the province.

According to a report by IRNA, Isfahan boasts…

Iranian officials have focused on attracting Turkish potentials and investments for developing the domestic tourism industry.

In the recent Islamic Republic of Iran Solo Exhibition in…

The International Congress of Young Archeologists is to be held on Oct. 29-31 at Tehran University, the scientific secretary of the event announced. "The three-day conference is an opportunity…

With images of police violence and thousands on the streets protesting for and against its controversial independence referendum, one would have expected Catalonia's tourism to suffer a major…

The officials of Tabriz have been given a week to submit their tourism plans for 2018, when the city has been nominated as the capital of Islamic tourism, to Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…

The tiny nation of Singapore now has the most powerful passport in the world.

The World Travel & Tourism Council has released city tourism impact data that show the world’s top 10 fastest growing tourism cities are all in Asia.

Ali Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, has expressed his disapproval of the plan seeking to convert the organization into a ministry.…

Children found a jug of historical coins early this week while playing in the suburban areas of Arak, Markazi Province, a senior heritage official said. Their parents immediately informed the…

Yazd’s office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has issued a permanent permit for operating the Shahr-e-Aftab (literally meaning city of sunlight) Nature Park.…

The popularity of Iranian museums has increased among Iranians and tourists alike. Speaking to IRNA, Mohammad Reza Kargar, director for museum affairs at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts…

Almost 973 million passengers travelled by air in the European Union in 2016, 5.9% more than in 2015 and 29% more than in 2009.

Central and Eastern European registered the highest…

Recent reports show China is following the footsteps of European and Schengen states in frequently rejecting visa applications of Iranian travelers.

Recent visa rejections right before…

Iran aims to raise its handicrafts exports to $2 billion by the end of the incumbent administration in 2021, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said on…

Iranian events on the International Archeology Day, observed by many countries annually on Oct. 21, were limited to a couple of conferences and articles, an official at the Research Institute of…

Visitors to Chogha Zanbil, the unique ziggurat in Khuzestan Province, need not pay an entrance fee on Oct.

The US dollar has been replaced by Iranian rial for getting a visa to Iraq as of Oct. 22, the director of the Passport and Visa Office at the Foreign Ministry said.

“The plan became…

The construction of the controversial Ilisu Dam poses a serious threat to Hasankeyf whose residents will have to soon move to an upper part of the region.

At first glance, all is normal…

The British Airways has tendered an apology to a Canadian family after they complained of being bitten by bed bugs on a flight to England.