Visa for digital nomads, a new trend to attract tourists
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Tag Archives: Iran’s tourism industry
Photos: Valley of Judas trees in Kurdistan
IRNA | Seyed Mosleh Pirkhezranian: The valley of Judas trees is a must-see site located alongside the Sirvan River in Kurdistan province,…
Iran’s tourism sector in need of $21bn worth of investment
MNA – Acting Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ministry (CHTHO) Ali Asghar Moonesan said on Monday that tourism sector…
Iran issues tourist visa for Qatari nationals at airport
IRNA – Qatari Foreign Ministry announced that Iran issues tourist visa for Qatari nationals at airport upon arrival. The ministry quoted an…
‘Iran’s tourism industry progressing well despite US moves’
MNA – Iran’s tourism industry is progressing well despite the US’ undermining measures, according to Rouhani’s candidate for the newly-established Ministry of…
Tourism a top priority in Iran-ITC cooperation
Tehran Times – Tourism industry has been selected as a top priority in cooperation between Iran and the International Trade Centre (ITC)…
Interest in Iran tours rising globally despite Americans’ fears
Skift – While the U.S. State Department has long issued strong advisories against traveling to Iran, leisure tourism from the U.S. and…
Iran to lift import tariffs on tourism-related equipment
Tehran Times – Iran tourism chief has said that the country will exempt tourism-related equipment from import tariffs in a bid to…
Iran domestic tourism breaks record in Nowruz holidays
Financial Tribune | Sepehr Arefmanesh: Iran’s tourism authorities have recorded 62 million night stays during the Iranian New Year holidays, known as…
Photos: Spring in Baharestan, North of Iran
Mizan| Aidin Sadeghi: Baharestan is a village in northern Iranian province of Guilan. The province is next to the Caspian Sea and…
Photos: Tehran parks festooned with Tulips in spring
Tasnim | M.Hossein Movahedinejad: While Tehran has lovely weather in the first month of spring with occasional evening rains, the municipality has…
6% hike in Sistan-Baluchestan visitors
Financial Tribune- Tourism to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan saw a 6% increase during the Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 21-April…
Kish hoteliers happy with Norouz tourist boom
Financial Tribune- All 46 hotels on Kish Island enjoyed an enviable 98% or above occupancy rate during the two-week (March 20-April 2)…
Darband Village: A tourist attraction in Tehran mountains
Tasnim- Darband is an old village in Shemiran, located north of the Sa’ad Abad Garden in northern Tehran, the capital of Iran.…
Photos: Nowruz passengers in Shiraz
FNA I Amin Faezi: Shiraz is Iran’s cultural capital, a center of philosophy and learning down the centuries. Persia’s most famous poet,…
Photos: Iran’s Kish Island in Spring
Tasnim I Hossein Tahavori: Kish Island, located on the north east of the Persian Gulf about 17 km from the southern offshore…
French tourists, top visitors of Iran’s Shiraz
IFP- Mosayyeb Amiri, the General Manager of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) office in Fars province, announced that the…
Foreign media eyes on Iranian sites
Financial Tribune- The presence of foreign media in Iran for preparing reports and documentaries about the country’s tourist attractions has seen a…
Turkish tourist guides touring Iran
IFP- A total of 21 Turkish tour leaders, who are members of the Turkish Union of Tourist Guides (TUREB), have taken a…
Photos: Tarik Dare ski resort in Iran’s Hamedan
Tasnim – Tarik dare ski resort is located near Iran’s western city of Hamedan.
Iran sees 200% rise in foreign tourists arrivals in 2016
March 8, The Iran Project – The number of foreign tourists visiting Tehran increased 200 percent in 2016, announced Tehran Municipality Tourism Chief…
Historical House of Boroujerdis in Iran’s Kashan
IFP- The house of Boroujerdis was built in 1857 by architect Ostad Ali Maryam, for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi Boroujerdi, a…
ICHTO stresses development of Iran-France tourism relations
March 6, The Iran Project – ICHTO Director General of Marketing and Promotion has stressed on the development of Iran-France tourism relations with…
Iran’s Margoon Waterfall: From the heart of a rocky mountain
Tasnim – Abshar-e Margoon (Margoon Waterfall) is one of the most beautiful waterfalls of Iran and is located in the vicinity of…
Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque: One of the world’s most visually stunning buildings
Tasnim – Nasir-ol-Molk is one of the historical mosques in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz. Its construction year began in 1876 and…
How ‘Half of the World’ is attracting tourists to Iran
Al-Monitor- Since the election of President Hassan Rouhani in 2013, Iran’s tourism industry has witnessed its biggest growth since the Islamic Revolution…
Photos: Heavy rain in southern Iran breathes new life into Maharloo Lake
Tasnim|Erfan Samanifar: Although the heavy rainfall in recent days have led to serious flooding in many cities and towns in southern Iran,…
Take a virtual tour of picturesque northern Iran
Sputnik News– Archaeologists believe the picturesque Golestan Province to be one of the most culturally and historically important parts of Iran. The…
Masouleh: Attractive nature, wonderful architecture
Tasnim – The historical village of Masouleh in Iran’s northern Gilan province enjoys an attractive nature and a wonderful architecture with an…
Photos: World’s tour-leaders visit Qazvin’s historic venues
ISNA|Mehdi Motamed: The 17th WFTGA International Convention is to open in Tehran on January 28, two days before the opening ceremony 141…
International media talk up Iran tourism
Financial Tribune- The historic nuclear deal between Tehran and the six major world powers completed its first anniversary on Jan. 16, prompting…
Tehran tours popular
Financial Tribune- Touted as the financial and political capital of Iran, Tehran was never promoted as a holiday destination. Tours of Tehran…
Photos: Miankaleh: A heavenly sanctuary in Iran
IFP|Hor Mansouri: According to a Farsi report by Mehr, this wildlife sanctuary is one of the most important protected areas in Iran.…
Development of southern islands among key plans
Financial Tribune- Developing Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf is one of the country’s strategic plans to help promote tourism and jumpstart…
Iran takes part in China’s 1st intl. exhibition on tourism industry
January 3, The Iran Project – Iran has taken part in the first international exhibition of China’s tourism industry which was opened…
Malaysian journalist says Iran is a must-see destination
IFP- “With a variety of monuments, exclusive architecture, picturesque gardens, a 4,500-year-old cypress and locally-engineered buildings, Iran is a unique destination for…
Photos: Foreign tourists visiting Iran’s Kashan
IFP- Kashan is a city in Isfahan Province, central Iran. With an approximate population of 300,000, the small city attracts thousands of…
Iran’s tourism potential is enormous but more investment is needed
FTNnews.com– Iran is in the midst of a tourism boom, thanks to the efforts of the current moderate government under President Hassan…
Photos: Saint Stepanos Monastery in northwestern Iran
IRNA|Abdolreza Velaei: The St. Stepanos Monastery, which is about 11 km northwest of Jolfa in East Azerbaijan Province, is the second most…
Iran among 2017 must-visits
Press TV- Iran has been recommended as a top travel destination for 2017 as the country takes steps to ease visa rules…