Iran Tourism Statistics

A 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…

For 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…

Iran’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…

Iran’s tourist arrivals saw a decline of 72% in the first eight months of 2020, according to the latest data of World Tourism Organization.

The 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…

Eight million tourists visited Iran during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2019-Jan. 20), Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Minister Ali Asghar Mounesan was…

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…

A total of 1,759,749 Iranians traveled abroad in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), indicating a 6.5% decrease compared with 1,882,414 outbound tourists in the…

About 7.8 million tourists traveled to Iran in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019) to register a 52.5% growth compared with the preceding year, the deputy head of Iran’s Cultural…

The number of foreign visitors landing in Iran registered a slight decrease between 2015 and 2017, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization said.  The UNWTO’s Compendium of Tourism…

A total of 5,900,381 Iranians traveled overseas during the nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2018), indicating a 30.45% decline compared with the same period of last…

About 5.2 million tourists traveled to Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21) to register a 57% growth compared with last year's corresponding period,…

The decline in foreign travels by Iranians has not been offset by domestic travels, the head of Travel Agents Guild Association said.  “Those who can no longer afford to travel abroad have…

More than 46,350 people entered Iran from Turkmenistan through Incheh Borun, Golestan Province’s only land border terminal, during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec…

A total of 4,704,509 Iranians left the country for foreign destinations during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22), indicating an 11% decline compared with the…

Iraqi tourists accounted for the highest number of foreigners who visited Iran during the seven months to Oct. 22, Ali Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and…

More than 4.7 million foreigners travelled to Iran during the seven months to October 22, according to Ali Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism…

West Azarbaijan, the northwestern border province of Iran, has seen a 10% boost to its visiting tourists during the current fiscal year that began in March, a provincial official said.

As currency fluctuations continue to batter Iran's economy and increase travel costs, the number of Iranians visiting other countries since the onset of the crisis has fallen noticeably. This…

The number of foreign tourists travelling to Iran jumped by 51% during the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22), despite the fact that the reimposition of US sanctions…

Azerbaijan's border authorities have reported a 43.4% rise in number of Azeri tourists to Iran during the first eight months of 2018.

More than 10,650 Spanish visitors traveled to Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2017-18), which is 9.5% higher than the year before. Iranian tourism authority's annual report on foreign…

More than 10.5 million Iranians traveled to foreign countries during the previous Iranian fiscal year (March 2017-18), indicating a 14.8% rise compared with a year earlier. 

The latest statistics on Iran's inbound and outbound travelers during the nine months since the start of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017) indicate that the balance between the two…

Japan International Cooperation Agency has conducted preliminary studies on tourism development projects in Iran.

During a meeting with Iranian heritage authorities early this week,…