Photos: Tulip flower garden in Karaj void of visitors
ISNA | Masoumeh Aliakbar: Chamran’s Park tulip garden in Karaj province used to host a large number of visitor in Spring. However,…
Tag Archives: Iran tourism industry
Photos: Spring blossoms in Mehriz
MNA | Majid Dehghanizadeh: Trees in Mehriz, a city in central Iran, have sprouted beautiful blossoms during the last month of the…
Photos: Tourian village, green place in Iran’s Qeshm Island
Iran Front Page | Fatemeh Askarieh: Vegetable cultivation, sunflower farms and beautiful palm groves are among the tourist attractions of Tourian village…
Photos: Snowy winter in Sanandaj
FNA | Bakhtiar Samadi: Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province in western Iran, is covered by snow during its winter days. We…
Coronavirus gives kiss of death to Iran’s tourism industry before Nowruz
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran — home to the ancient Persian civilization and with 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — has never…
Photos: Frozen wetland of Choghakhor
YJC | Reza Kamran Samani: The surface of water at Choghakhor wetland in south-western Iran is frozen during cold winter days. With…
Some 530,000 foreign tourists visit Aras Free Zone
IRNA – The foreign tourist arrival in Aras Free Zone has increased 74 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian year…
Iran second most popular destination for Azeri tourists
MNA – Iran was named the second most popular destination for tourists from the Republic of Azerbaijani in 2019, according to data…
Photos: Marble Palace in Tehran
ISNA | Hadi Zand: The Marble Palace, built between 1934 and 1937, is one of the historic buildings and royal residences in…
Iran to open Marble Palace to tourists after 40 years
Press TV – A century-old palace known for its pure Iranian architecture is set to open to the public after more than…
Photos: Qadamgah town
YJC | Mitra Zargarani: Qadamgah Razavi, a town near the city of Neyshabour in north-east of Iran, is one of the main…
Foreign tourist arrival in Mazandaran grows 38 percent
IRNA – A Mazandaran province tourism official said that a greater number of foreign tourists have arrived to the province in recent…
Supporting tourism industry tops Iran’s intelligence ministry’s agenda, minister says
IRNA – Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said that his ministry will seriously support tourism industry by creating a secure environment for investment…
Iran tourist arrivals up by %30 each year since US sanctions enacted: VP
Press TV – The number of international visitors to Iran has surged for the past two calendar years despite a series of…
Iran to build campsite near Armenian Monastery of Saint Thaddeus
Public Radio of Armenia – A travelers’ campsite is to be established adjacent to the Armenian Monastery of Saint Thaddeus, northwestern Iran,…
Photos: Kariz underground city
Mizan | Sheida Pouryousef: Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, south of Iran, is home to a set of ancient aqueducts which…
Iran Tourism Ministry homes in on 30 states to attract visitors
Financial Tribune – Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has identified 30 target countries (out of 84 under study) to…
Tourists to be fascinated by visiting Lilliput village
IRNA – Any tourist will be fascinated with travel to Makhunik Village, on eastern Iran, by seeing life-style of the people in…
Photos: Festival of alluring colors in Isfahan’s Chahar Bagh
Tasnim | Morteza Salehi: The autumn season arrives at Isfahan’s Chahar Bagh Boulevard in central Iran, where festival of alluring colors captures…
Iran hosts 6.7 million foreign tourists in 8 months
MNA – About 6.7 million tourists have traveled to Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21- Nov. 21),…
Impact of tourism on economic development in Iran
MNA – The rich culture, fantastic history, and mysterious atmosphere of Iran attract tourists from all around the world to this astonishing…
Photos: Mesr Desert; a gem in central Iran
KARNAVAL.IR – The Mesr Desert is one of Iran’s most spectacular deserts that attracts many tourists each year. The desert has good…
House of Rais Ali Delvari in Iran’s Bushehr
Tasnim – Rais Ali Delvari Museum, which was the house of the Iranian freedom fighter, is located in the southeast of city…
Incoming tourists shift from Europe to regional countries
Financial Tribune – The inflow of foreign tourists to Iran has been shifting from Europe to regional and neighboring countries, mainly Iraq,…
Iran aims to attract 1.5 Chinese tourists: Minister
Press TV – Iran aims to attract 1.5 million tourists from China in the next four to five years, an exponential increase…
Number of Turkish tourists visiting Iran up by 35%
MNA – An Iranian deputy tourism minister says that the number of tourists from neighboring Turkey who visited Iran over the past…
Iran: Tourist arrivals increase 24% to over 5.8 million
Financial Tribune – Iraq, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan are the main source of tourists to Iran A total of 5,890,952 tourists…
Iran is world’s 3rd fastest growing tourist destination: Afar magazine
Tehran Times – Iran has been ranked 3rd among countries with fastest growing tourist destination by Afar, a U.S.-based award-winning travel magazine,…
Dutch tourist impressed by Iran’s hospitality, safety
Iran Front Page – A female tourist from the Netherlands has been filled with admiration for Iran, its attractions, safety, and above…
Iran hosts 5mn foreign tourists in 6 months: Tourism min.
MNA – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali Asqar Mounesan announced on Wednesday that about five million foreign tourists have…
Photos: Autumn in Hamadan
YJC | Mohammad Amin Najafi: The city of Hamadan and its surroundings are highly attractive for tourists looking for the beauties of…
Some 419 foreign tourists visit Shushtar
IRNA – The head of Shushtar Cultural Heritage, handicrafts and Tourism Department Ali Mohammad Chaharmahali said on Wednesday that some 419 foreign…
11% growth in domestic tourists visiting Kish in H1
Fnancial Tribune – A total of 930,000 domestic tourists traveled to the southern Kish resort island during the first half of the…
Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express takes dozens of intl. tourists to Yazd
IRNA – Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express train, carrying 39 international tourists, arrived in the central ancient Iranian city of Yazd on Saturday.…
Photos: Ali Qapu; unique palace in heart of Iran
IRNA | Morteza Aminoroayayi: The ancient palace of Ali Qapu in Iran’s Isfahan province dates back to the beginning of the eleventh…
Golden Eagle tourist train arrives Isfahan
IRNA – The 29th Golden Eagle International Tourism Train, passing through the Silk Road (North-South Corridor), arrived at Isfahan Railway Station on…
Semnan tourist attractions offered in foreign languages
IRNA — Deputy Director of Semnan province Department for Tourism, Investment of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Hamid Reza Doost Mohammadi said…
UNWTO: Iran tourist arrivals rise 50% to top 7 million in 2018
Financial Tribune – Iran hosted 7.29 million foreign tourists in 2018, about 50% more compared with the year before, according to the…
Iran: Forex fluctuations impact domestic travel behavior
Financial Tribune – A weak local currency has proved to be a boon to Iran’s inbound tourists while a nemesis to its…
Two-minaret mosque in Iran’s Saghez
Tasnim – The Two-minaret Mosque in the city of Saghez is on the slopes of the historical hill of Narin Qal’e. The…