The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for November showing continued strong traffic growth above the 10-year average rate of 5.6%.
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Isfahan Mayor Mehdi Jamalzadeh says his office is committed to the preservation of cultural heritage and will not sacrifice the city’s history for sake of growth and development.
Iranian hoteliers seem to have finally addressed one of the most visible shortcomings of the travel industry.
The lack of a user-friendly, feature-rich online platform to make…
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday denied reports claiming that Ankara is preparing to introduce visas for citizens of 89 countries that currently enjoy visa-free travel to Turkey.
Hotel rates are set for a 12% rise in the next fiscal year (starts March 20), slightly less than what the Iran Hotel Association had originally demanded. The association had called for a 15% raise…
A tourism delegation led by a senior official at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will call on officials and professionals in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss long-…
The four-month “A Statue for Peace: Penelope’s Statue from Persepolis to Rome” exhibition at the National Museum of Iran ended on Sunday with a ceremony attended by the cultural attachés and…
A new campaign was launched on Thursday to convince tourists that Brussels is now safe to visit after the Belgian capital was paralyzed by a lockdown in November following the terrorist attacks in…
Hope for establishing the Museum of Rural Life in northern Golestan Province, whose construction was supposed to begin in mid-2015, is rapidly fading.
Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier in their car on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday, a day after suspected extremists armed with knives wounded three European tourists in a Red…
A new department has been added to the provincial office of the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Khorasan Razavi to better monitor the increasing number of lodging…
Given the sharp decline in oil prices over the past 18 months, investing in Iran’s tourism industry is the demand of economic sense, according to an Iranian businessman.
“Every inbound…
Having been endorsed by tourism ministers of Muslim countries as the capital of Islamic tourism in 2018, Tabriz officials are stepping up their game to ensure the historical city’s hospitality…
Saudi Arabia’s break in diplomatic relations with Iran could cost billions of dollars following the Iranian government’s decision to block pilgrims from visiting the holy city of Mecca.
The…
Historical structures of Iran will be reviewed at a training workshop at the National Museum of Iran on January 16. The workshop would be the 10th monthly educational meeting organized by the…
Recent changes to the United States Visa Waiver Program will inevitably impact Iran’s emerging tourism market, according to a senior official at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines…
A deputy at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Morteza Rahmani Movahed has expressed strong opposition to ‘white reservation’ in some hotels; but head of Iran Hotel…
Historical texture of Yazd Province is at serious risk partly because civil society seems to have adopted a passive and conservative attitude leaning on indifference toward the inaction and torpor…
Environmental assessment of a project to develop Ashouradeh Island into a tourism resort will be complete in a month, according to a senior provincial official.
“Drawing on the island’s…
Iran’s Hoteliers Society is planning to call on the Majlis to remove the value-added tax (VAT) from rooms and grant hotels permanent exemption from income tax.
Speaking to Mehr News Agency…
The largest off-road racing circuit in Iran will open on January 13, much to the delight of adventurous holidaymakers.
There were more airline deaths worldwide due to deliberate acts in 2015 than to accidental air crashes for the second year in a row, according to an industry tally.
There were only eight…
To commemorate Orthodox Christmas, which falls on January 7 in Iran, a tour of Tehran will be held for Christian residents. The half-day tour is free for Christians of Armenian and Assyrian…
The closing ceremony of the exhibition “A Statue for Peace: Penelope’s Statue from Persepolis to Rome” on Sunday January 10 will be free for the public.
The exhibition, underway at the…
The first phase of Bushehr’s seaside resort in south Iran, covering 15 hectares, is scheduled to open during the 11-day Fajr ceremonies (February 1-11).
The annual event commemorates…
