Financial Tribune - A total of 752,767 passengers were transported from March 20 to April 19, indicating an 80% year-on-year decline. Over 9,080 tons of cargos were handled during the same period, which shows a 79% decrease compared with the corresponding period of last year I ran Airports Company registered a total of 9,249 takeoffs and landings ...

Financial Tribune - The 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 2018-19). The abolition of visa requirement for some neighboring countries (Iraq, Oman and China), depreciation of the Iranian currency ...

Financial Tribune - Oman has now gained a noticeable share in Irans tourism market overtaking Europe in the number of visitors, as 30,000 Omani tourists travelled to Iran in the last fiscal year while the total number of tourists from Europe to Iran stood at 26,000 I ran and Oman are working to strengthen cooperation in the tourism sector. A ...

Financial Tribune- Following complaints about the exclusion of travel services from the list of priorities for foreign exchange allocation, the Central Bank of Iran has pledged in a verbal announcement that tour operators will be provided with foreign currency through drafts. According to Hormatollah Rafiei, head of the Travel Agents Guild Association,...

Financial Tribune- The new restrictions on the trade of foreign currencies have caused great concern among outbound touring companies who complain that their sector has been overlooked while setting the priorities for currency allocation. In a recent directive, the Central Bank of Iran announced that hard currency will only be supplied by certified ...