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Raja Passenger Train Company, an affiliate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, ran its first tourist train branded as “desert tourism train” between Tehran and Kashan in the northern part…

Iran’s flag carrier airline will resume flights to Italy’s capital, Rome, from Dec. 2 upon the requests of Iranians living in Rome, announced Iran Air’s Director General for Public Relations…

Iran and Oman are working to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector. A 60-member Iranian delegation, headed by Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan,…

A total of 930,000 domestic tourists traveled to the southern Kish resort island during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21- Sept. 22), registering an 11% growth compared to 835…

Iran was Turkey's biggest source of tourism in August. Latest data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute show 276,000 Iranian tourists visited Turkey in August to register a 45%…

A total of 4,998,215 tourists visited Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22) to register a 26.34% growth compared with the same period of last year, according…

Iran hosted 7.29 million foreign tourists in 2018, about 50% more compared with the year before, according to the United Nations' World Tourism Organization. The country had a 2.1% share of…

A weak local currency has proved to be a boon to Iran’s inbound tourists while a nemesis to its outbound tourism industry, at least twice in the past decade.

Clock shift to Standard Time on Sept. 22 will not disrupt flight schedules and passengers should rely on times mentioned on their tickets, Saeed Akbari, an official with Iran Airports Company,…

Iran has been ranked first worldwide in terms of price competitiveness in the World Economic Forum's "Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019" with a score of 6.7. Scores range from 1…

Hajj return flights from Saudi Arabia to Iran concluded on Monday, as the last flight returning Iranian hajj pilgrims from Medina, operated by Iran's flag carrier Iran Air, landed at Imam…

Negotiations are underway between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and the State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (TCDD) for launching passenger trains between Tehran and Istanbul, the…

President Hassan Rouhani appointed Ali Asghar Mounesan as caretaker of the newly-approved Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts on Wednesday. 

The first group of Iranian hajj pilgrims returned home on Friday, leaving Medina in Saudi Arabia for Sari International Airport located in Sari, the capital of Iran's northern Mazandaran…

Kish Airline has overhauled its grounded Airbus A321 back to service after a year and a half.  The airline resumed the use of this aircraft on the Tehran-Kish route on Aug. 9.  The…

Iran Airports Company registered 34,065 takeoffs and landings during the fourth month of the current Iranian year (June 22-July 22), which shows a 5% decrease compared with the similar period of…

Passenger train services resumed between Iran and Turkey's capital cities, Tehran and Ankara, respectively, at 9:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday after Saeed Rasouli, the head of Islamic Republic…

Hajj flights from Iran to Saudi Arabia concluded last week on Aug. 6.  Starting on July 8, a total of 88,561 hajj pilgrims have been transported to Saudi Arabia via 360 flights in the…

Imam Khomeini Airport Company will soon transfer international flights operated by six airlines from Terminal 1 to the newly-inaugurated Salaam Terminal at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International…

With its history dating back 7,000 years, Iran is home to a large number of spectacular mansions and buildings. To restore the majestic structures and by extension contribute to the economy,…

Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan Province, is hosting an international hand-woven carpet exhibition that was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday and will conclude on…

A record high of 600,000 health tourists visited Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21), equaling the total number of health tourists who paid a visit…

The visa waiver program for Chinese tourists has gone into effect.

A total of 2,030,523 tourists visited Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21) to register a 41% growth compared with 1,443,551 inbound tourists during the…

Iran is hoping to attract up to one million Chinese tourists from next month to shore up its economy, hit by US sanctions. Vali Teymouri, Iran's deputy director for tourism affairs, told the…