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Following a meeting between the Afghan ambassador to Tehran, Nasir Ahmad Nour, and the cultural heritage deputy of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO),…

Tehran municipality has defined 16 tourism routes for those planning to visit the city over the Nowruz holidays, ISNA reported. Half-day tours including old Tehran, Niavaran area, Milad tower, and…

A cultural agreement was signed in Rome between Iran and Italy to expand collaboration in various areas including higher education, research, culture and art, media, sport, and tourism.

As Iran’s tourism industry continues to flourish, an increasing number of new services and facilities are being introduced to attract tourists. Rivals in the industry are left with little choice…

Prior to Nowruz celebrations and over the holidays, seven historical sites in Tehran have been chosen as icons of different periods of Tehran’s history.

Outbound tourism from China is to swamp the world by 2019 with a wave of 174 million Chinese with $264 billion to spend on overseas shopping, according to a report from Bank of America Merrill…

To facilitate financial transactions and e-payment for international tourists in Iran, a debit card has been designed and its pilot phase is underway in a number of hotels, announced the head of…

The first settlement on the Gorgan plains was in Kiaram Cave, Iran’s northern Golestan Province, said senior archaeologist of the provincial ICHHTO (Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…

The rising tide of Islamophobia in the UK, stoked by the mainstream media, poses a direct threat to the country’s $190 billion tourism economy and Muslim investment in Britain, experts warn.

Iranian airline Mahan Air has launched direct flights to the German city of Munich from Tehran.  Starting this month the initial service will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays, and will…

Halal tourism is considered a new branch of the tourism industry by the World Tourism Organization that provides Muslims with special recreational and touristic programs.

A tourism holding company has been recently established in Tehran municipality.

Chinese archaeologists will present their findings about the historical port of Siraf in Bushehr Province, Mehr News reported.

Chinese archaeologists have been conducting underwater…

Iran’s Ali Sadr Cave is the world’s largest water cave, and a unique natural phenomenon which attracts millions of visitors every year.

This beautiful and unique natural phenomena in the…

A lower jaw bone and five teeth have been discovered on a hillside in Ethiopia.  They are the oldest remains ever found belonging to the genus Homo, the lineage that ultimately led to modern…

Iran and Austria will collaborate in joint research and scientific projects on archaeology. The collaboration is part of the recent MoU signed last week between the Research Institute of Cultural…

A miniature model of Iran’s tourist attractions will be portrayed in a multi-hectare land in Javadabad, Varamin County, Tehran Province. The national recreation and tourism project of Javadabad…

There are two distinct and dominant forms of traditional architecture, known among Iranian scholars as “introvert” and “extrovert’ architecture. These two major spatial forms represent two…

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will increase its flights between Abu Dhabi and Tehran, the capital of Iran, from three flights a week to a daily service,…

Aroma of bread is the breath of life. Some say it was Zoroaster’s Neolithic revolution, but bread, this source of sustenance, is perhaps another main reason or motivation to leave hunting and…

The art of turquoise cutting has a rather long history in Iran. Heritage experts are, however, afraid turquoise craft may be declining.

Another archaeological site has been destroyed, as yet another indication of the lack of resources spent on protecting world heritage sites.

A man, who claims ownership over a plot of land…

North Korea has lifted tough restrictions on foreign travel, imposed last year to prevent the Ebola virus from being carried across its borders. A Beijing-based tour company, Koryo Tours confirmed…

The 2015 UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Meeting was held on the sidelines of the ITB Berlin travel trade show, chaired by the UNWTO director general, Taleb D. Rifa’i.

Iran voiced readiness…

Iran’s cultural attaché in Greece, Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari, met with Greek minister of culture and sport, Panos Panagiotopoulos on expansion of tourism cooperation between the two countries.