Travel

A total of 1,759,749 Iranians traveled abroad in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), indicating a 6.5% decrease compared with 1,882,414 outbound tourists in the…

Thanks to Iran tourism industry's growth in recent years, more investors have stepped forward to establish hotels.

Mashhad and Kish Island are two of the attractive locales for…

A plan has been devised by Iran Space Agency and the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran to enable Iranian airlines to offer high-speed in-flight WiFi. ISA Chief Morteza Barari said all Iranian…

More than 86,500 Iranian pilgrims will be flown to Saudi Arabia as of Monday, July 8. According to Hossein Esfandiari, a member of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company's board of directors…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee inscribed Iran's Hyrcanian forests on the organization's World Heritage List during its meeting in…

Mahan Air, the first and the largest private airline in Iran, has started operating weekly direct flights to the Italian capital city Rome from July 2, according to a press release. The…

Direct flights between Iran's Mashhad and Oman's capital Muscat have been launched. The flights are operated by Qeshm Air to and from Mashhad's Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport every…

The Cabinet has approved no-visa policy for Chinese tourists visiting Iran, the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization said. “As per the policy, Chinese…

Iran Air will operate 100% of hajj flights to Saudi Arabia this year with its own fleet of airplanes, says deputy managing director of the Iranian flag carrier airline, Hassan Qasemi. 

The number of flights operated by Iranian airlines in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) fell by 14% compared with the year before to stand at 218,900, the secretary of the Association of…

Iran Airports Company registered 34,774 takeoffs and landings during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-April 20), which shows a 15% decrease compared with the similar period…

Passenger rail services between the capital cities of Iran and Turkey are set to resume in July, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways announced. Saeid Rasouli made the announcement…

Iran Airports Company registered 427,803 takeoffs and landings in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), which shows a 14% decrease compared with the previous year. More than 51.67 million…

An Omani airline SalamAir plans to launch a new route to Tehran. SalamAir’s new Iran service will begin on June 9 and connect Muscat with the capital city, Tehran. 

Tehran Municipality's tourism office has launched weekly sightseeing tours in walking and biking modes. The tours operate Thursdays free of charge. The plan is in line with TM's efforts to curb…

There will be no price rise in hotel fees during the Iranian New Year holidays (March 21-April 2), says the president of Iranian Hoteliers Association.

A passenger rail service connecting the capital city Tehran to Hamedan started on Wednesday.

More than 112 million journeys were made inside Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21, 2018), which shows a 9.3% increase compared with the similar period of…

A museum and science center for brain and cognitive sciences ‘My Brain’ opened on Wednesday at the Tehran Book Garden, north of the capital.

The number of foreign visitors landing in Iran registered a slight decrease between 2015 and 2017, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization said.  The UNWTO’s Compendium of Tourism…

More than 3,200 foreigners travelled to Chabahar in Iran's Southeastern Province of Sistan-Baluchestan, during the first nine months of Iranian fiscal year (March,…

A total of 5,900,381 Iranians traveled overseas during the nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2018), indicating a 30.45% decline compared with the same period of last…

As many as 4.9 million Azerbaijanis travelled overseas in 2018, of whom 33.6% headed for Iran, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic announced.  The committee added that 29…

As an emerging branch of tourism in Iran, ecotourism is lately growing more popular among lovers of Mother Nature and those fond of ancient cultures. The term is defined by the…

Iran Airports Company registered 327,803 takeoffs and landings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21), which shows a 13% decrease compared with the similar…