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funds allocated to the restoration of historical monuments in North Khorasan Province are insufficient, according to Mohammad Savidanloui, head of the provincial office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage…

The ministry of roads and urban development will support the transformation of historical buildings across the country into social centers, IRNA quoted deputy minister Mohammad Saeed Izadi as…

Croatian Minister of Tourism Darko Lorencin has expressed his country’s desire to expand ties between Iran and Croatia for the betterment of both countries’ tourism, Donya-e Eghtesad reported.

Spain was ranked the world’s most tourist-friendly country - a positive sign for the country’s nascent recovery - while Iran was limited to 97th place due to poor business environment, use of…

Dizaj Siyavosh Mansion in Urumia, West Azerbaijan is to be repurposed into the first traditional Iranian bank, ISNA reported.

According to an agreement between Maskan Bank and the…

The Linguistic, Inscriptions, and Scripts Research Institute of Iran announced Monday that it has begin work on creating an atlas of Iranian languages and inscriptions along with an encyclopedia…

Militants demolished a mausoleum selected to be included on the UN World Heritage list in central Mali. The jihadists left a warning, threatening everyone refuting their version of Islam.

The government has issued a mandate obliging airline operators to equip their companies with online ticketing systems, Mehr News quoted Mohammad Khodakarami,  a deputy at Iran Civil Aviation…

F ollowing the destruction of Shiraz’s historical textures due to the development of Shah Cheragh, the Supreme Council of Architecture and Urbanization passed a resolution in February to stop the…

Foreign tourism in Italy is worth 34 billion Euros a year, and it keeps growing, with an average increase of one billion per year. Moreover, Italians started traveling abroad again. These are some…

Transferring ownership of historical sites to the private sector is dangerous and harmful, ILNA quoted an archeologist as saying.

Pointing to the recent privatization of Bisotun Caravansary…

The city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi Province is now home to the world’s largest copy of the Qur’an, Mehr News reported. The Qur’an, which took seven years to complete, is the magnum opus of…

The upward trend in the number of foreign tourists can lead to demand exceeding supply, according to a report by Iranian Students Tourism and Traveling Agency (ISTTA).

While the growing…

Efforts to inscribe Mount Damavand on the UNESCO World Heritage List are futile as long as mining activities take place on the mountain, CHN reported.

Mining in the foothills of Damavand,…

The recent drive by the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) and UNESCO promote tourism through the consolidation of culture and to reposition culture as a story board of one’s…

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015 will be held in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center on May 4 - 7, according to arabiantravelmarket.com. Spotlight theme for the 2015…

Work on constructing the first rural heritage museum will soon begin in Biabanak village in Sorkheh County, Semnan Province, CHTN quoted director general of provincial Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…

Development of Iran’s tourism infrastructure could benefit immensely from foreign investment, Mehr News quoted Jalal Mofidi, a member of the Tourism Commission at Iran’s Chamber of Commerce,…

During his visit to Iran, chairman of the General Authority for Tourism (GAT) in Iraqi Kurdistan Maulvi Jabbar Wahab asked Iranian officials to resolve logistic problems, such as giving Iraqi…

An international archaeological team is investigating an historic site devastated by conflict in Lebanon. They have demonstrated it is possible to obtain original and important information from…

The capacity of Iran’s hotels must increase by at least 3 folds in order to prepare for the tourist influx, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masud…

Experts believe there is a relationship between a country’s industry and its security, and that the level of industrial development mirrors the stability of the country’s security.

UN culture chief Irina Bokova urged the Security Council on Monday to task peacekeepers with protecting cultural sites and to help prosecute those who destroy historical treasures, as reported by…

Far north, close to the southern shores of the Caspian Sea lies the fabled Ganjkhaneh cave. The cave is cursed; that is, if you believe the folklore. The locals certainly do.

Located in the…

The ongoing problem of the ownership of Morvarid Palace in Mehrshahr, Alborz Province is still nowhere close to being resolved, according to a deputy at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and…