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The role and significance of reliable data, facts and figures in developing tourism and ways to improve Iran’s data gathering methods was debated and discussed during a three-day workshop (Oct.…

Students in Dezful, Khuzestan Province, are being taught how to read cuneiforms. The courses are part of a national program named Mirasban (Persian for heritage guardian), and have been conducted…

Diplomatic relations between Iran and the West have thawed and the historic nuclear deal signed in July  — according to which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting…

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has invited Mohammad Hassan Talebian, the cultural heritage deputy at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, to inspect…

Flash floods in Ilam Province in western Iran have cost the province’s tourism infrastructure an estimated 45 billion rials ($1.3 million) in damages, a senior official said.

Tourism professionals on Saturday aired grievances about the current state of the travel industry in a meeting with officials of the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.…

Air France and Lufthansa said Saturday they will stop flying over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after a Russian passenger plane went down in the area with the loss of all 224 people on board.

The…

With EU sanctions set to be lifted early next year, the German airline Eurowings is the latest carrier to announce that it will launch a new route to Tehran.

The number of tourists traveling the world during the first eight months of this year reached 810 million, a more than 4% increase from the same period in 2014, thanks to “robust” travel to Europe…

Museums ticket prices will increase 50% later his month, Samiollah Makarem Hosseini, deputy for development affairs at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, was quoted…

Tehran Municipality says it has enhanced its capacity to host bigger numbers of tourists, Farzad Hoshyar Parsian, head of the Welfare, Social Services and Participation Organization at the TM,…

Iran is ready to host Syrian tourists who are able to travel outside of their war-torn country, Morteza Rahmani Movahed, deputy for tourism affairs at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and…

A study says two main factors have drastically affected Iranian tourism marketing in the past four decades.

London’s British Museum is to train a group of Iraqi heritage professionals to deal with the aftermath of Islamic State’s destruction of archaeological sites such as Nineveh, Nimrud and Hatra.…

Quoting Pakistan’s Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael, The News reports that two passenger ferries have been shortlisted to operate between Karachi and Gwadar in Pakistan and the…

Cultural heritage officials could hand over the imperiled Badab-e-Soort, an iconic natural heritage site in the northern Mazandaran Province, to the private sector in the coming months.

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Passport-free travel between New Zealand and Australia is being promoted by the tourism sector to boost travel, with officials on both sides of the Tasman are now working to make it a reality. The…

The expected influx of tourists could cause a severe shortage of tour guides, according to board member of the Tourist Guides’ Association.

“Tourism seems to be booming, but the ensuing…

A common misconception among foreigners is that Iran is basically a desert.

You can hardly fault outsiders for that, as a large-scale global campaign to publicize Iran’s myriads of…

Sang-Chehreh, Iran’s famous balancing rock in Sarfaryab District, Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province, has been destroyed, the governor of Sarfaryab said.

“While climbing the rock, one of the…

Indian Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma has said the government should promote India as an all-season tourist destination.

Speaking at the “Golf Tourism Summit” event…

More than half of older travelers would spend more than £3,000 ($4,600) on a holiday, including 20% who would spend upwards of £5,000 ($7,700), new research reveals.

Over three quarters (80…

Tourist arrivals in Cuba totaled more than 2.6 million as of September 30, the National Statistics and Information Office announced. There were 2.62 million arrivals during the first nine months…

In spite of North Khorasan Province’s massive potential for rural tourism, local villagers did not welcome a proposal by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to establish…

With the impending lifting of economic sanctions, which will help promote Iran as a safe destination, domestic tourism officials expect a massive influx of tourists, most of whom have probably…