Iran's revenue from health tourism in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017) is nearly double the $500 million commonly reported in the media.
Speaking to ISNA, Mohammad Ali Fayyazi…
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Already plagued by long security queues at airports, holidaymakers visiting top destinations in Spain face more vacation woes once they arrive.
Anti-tourism activists have been targeting…
Efforts have begun to save objects of historical importance likely lying on the path of a major project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf in southern Iran to Kerman and Yazd provinces.…
A 629-year-old church bell on display in Urmia's Museum of Anthropology will be repatriated to Turkey, the deputy for legal affairs at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…
Two Chinese tourists were arrested in Germany on Saturday after they performed a salute praising Adolf Hitler, which the country has banned.
The tourists were performing the “Heil Hitler…
Iran's first three world heritage sites were inscribed by UNESCO in 1979. Thirty-eight years and 19 inscriptions later, not a single one of those sites has an acceptable website.
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has made a new promotional short film featuring several iconic sites that will be aired on social media, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization is reviewing regulations pertaining to tourism facilities and tourist rights, according to the interim deputy for tourism at the…
Marriott International and Alibaba Group have formed a new joint venture specifically to cater to Chinese tourists interested in traveling overseas.
The Handicrafts Department at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has proposed a scheme whereby one of the stars given to hotels will be for their use of handicrafts…
The number of Iranian tourists visiting Turkey exceeded 1 million during the first half of 2017, a report released by Turkey’s tourism statistics authority announced.
Inbound tourism…
The medical tourism market in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to be worth $2.92 billion by 2021, growing by 8.17% annually from 2016 to 2021.
The figures are…
The price of a room in hotels around the world, at least in four- and five-star properties, is based on the type of room, breakfast and free (or significantly discounted) use of amenities.
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Singapore Airlines is offering three months of voluntary unpaid leave to cabin crew as it seeks to cut costs amid rising competition in the region. The carrier is asking some of its flight…
Kish Airlines has been granted a license by Oman’s civil aviation authority to launch direct flights between Bandar Abbas and the Omani capital of Muscat.
According to a statement by the…
Chronic overcrowding in some of Europe’s beloved tourism hotspots is fuelling an angry backlash, from polite protest to “Go Home” graffiti and even physical intimidation.
The Tourism Holding Company of the Social Security Organization, known by its Persian acronym Hegta, will unveil plans for developing Iran's health tourism sector this week.
Speaking to…
France retained its position as the world’s favorite tourism destination in 2016, the UN’s World Tourism Organization said late last week, defying concerns over terror attacks.
UK tourism…
The International Air Transport Association said on Thursday it expects a record-breaking summer travel season for the northern hemisphere after global carriers reported a 12-year high in traffic…
Laki dialect, native to the western province of Lorestan, has been inscribed on the National Intangible Heritage List, the director of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage,…
The US-based anti-racism group National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has issued a travel advisory for the State of Missouri in the United States, the first time the group has…
All the museums managed by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization are open on Saturday (Aug. 5), when President Hassan Rouhani is set to be inaugurated.
President…
A plan to launch a cruise route between the Persian Gulf island of Kish and the port city of Chabahar has been scrapped because "it is not profitable".
The former building of Kerman’s Governorate known as Shahr House has been inscribed on the National Heritage List.
Zahra Ahmadipour, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and…
Spain continues to break tourism records, with the number of visitors up 12% in the first six months of the year. The country has broken its own tourist records each year for the past four years,…
