Iran Tourism News
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May 27,2023A total of 4.1 million tourists visited Iran in 2022, indicating a 315% rise compared to the year before, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The whopping rise in the... -
May 20,2023Iran and Russia have signed an agreement for enhancement of tourism cooperation.
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May 22,2022For a long time, the unfavorable state of Iran’s tourism sector has been talked about and compared to that of neighboring countries, until the Covid-19 hit the final blow, reads an article in...
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October 02,2021Iran’s tourism industry has suffered 320.94 trillion rials ($1.14 billion) in losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic as of February 2020 until the spring of the current fiscal year (started March 21...
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September 05,2020The outbreak of coronavirus has caused 120 trillion rials ($490 million) in losses to Iran’s tourism industry to date, says Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar...
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April 29,2020The outbreak of the new coronavirus inflicted 53 trillion rials ($330 million) in losses on Iranian tourism industry during the two months to April 19, the president of Iranian Hoteliers...
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April 20,2020The new coronavirus has shut down Iran’s tourism industry for two months now and it seems that at present there is no end in sight.
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December 10,2019Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has identified 30 target countries (out of 84 under study) to attract tourists from.
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November 27,2019The inflow of foreign tourists to Iran has been shifting from Europe to regional and neighboring countries, mainly Iraq, Oman, China, Turkey and Azerbaijan, since the last Iranian year (March 2018-...
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November 18,2019A total of 5,890,952 tourists visited Iran during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Oct. 22) to register a 24% growth compared with the same period of last year, according...
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October 13,2019A 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 to...
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September 14,2019Iran 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.
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July 24,2019The visa waiver program for Chinese tourists has gone into effect. As per the terms of the visa waiver program, effective as of July 16, all citizens of the People’s Republic of China may stay in...
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June 29,2019The Cabinet has approved no-visa policy for Chinese tourists visiting Iran, the deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization said.
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June 23,2019Iran's travel and tourism sector grew at 1.9% to contribute 1,158 trillion rials ($8.83 billion) or 6.5% of overall GDP and 1,334 jobs (5.4% of total employment) to the economy in 2018.
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January 01,2019Sixty Iranian online hospitality service providers received calls at the weekend from Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) warning them that if they do not...
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December 28,2018A tourism startup accelerator was launched on Tuesday by Iran’s Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) in cooperation with Allameh Tabataba'i University to support companies...
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December 04,2018The economic potential and investment opportunities in tourism and agriculture sectors of the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi were introduced to Spain’s Ambassador to Iran Eduardo Lopez...
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November 19,2018Tehran ranked as the second fastest growing city in travel and tourism employment during 2007-17 after Abu Dhabi, from among 72 cities reviewed by the World Travel and Tourism Council in its latest...
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August 03,2018Iran's tourism industry awaits brighter days thanks to the recent approval of a bill which envisages the conversion of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization into a ministry...
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July 17,2018The historical Shah Abbasi caravansary sitting in Karaj, Alborz Province, opened to the general public on Monday during a ceremony attended by government officials. The building was restored by...
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July 17,2018Two Iranian-made catamarans are set to operate between Iran’s Khorramshahr and Iraq’s Basra ports, in a bid to attract more tourists to Arvand Free Trade Zone. Both catamarans have been ordered...
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March 03,2017Since Iran's nuclear deal with the world powers in June 2015 and the lifting of economic sanctions...
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December 27,2016This was a good year for Iran's nascent tourism sector. Old flight routes resumed operations while new ones were established, the UNESCO ...
