A senior Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ministry said that there are tourism projects worth of six trillion tomans under implementation in Iran. 2,500 investment projects are being implement nationwide, Mohsen Qoreishi said on Tuesday, adding that the projects would have a big share in the job market after implementation. About 30 ...

IRNA Since the Indonesia-Dubai sea line is operating, establishment of Indonesia-Chabahar sea line can transform the southeastern Iran port into a regional tourism and transit hub. Deputy Head of Sistan-Baluchestan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department Mojtaba Mirhosseini told IRNA on Wednesday that Indonesian ambassador arrived ...

Financial Tribune - Iran 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. Scores range from 1 to 7 where 1 means worst and 7 means best. The report attributes Iran's top ranking to low ticket taxes and airport charges (seventh),...

Tehran Times Visits to historical and recreational sites in West Azarbaijan province rose 22 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21) compared to the same period a year earlier. The provincial tourism department has registered 3,884,000 visits to historical and recreational sites across the northwestern ...

IRNA Tabriz Municipality in northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan and an Austrian company signed an agreement to cooperate on tourism area and urban services. Tabriz was designated as Capital of Islamic Tourism in 2018 by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Asked about the agreement, Manager of Tabriz Municipality's investment ...

IRNA Akbarieh Garden and Historic Mansion is a precious collection in the city of Birjand, South Khorasan province, registered as a world heritage and shines like emeralds in the desert. Akbarieh Garden in Birjand, like other examples of The Persian Gardens, beautifully indicates the strong potentials of the environment and nature as well as how ...

Tehran Times - The Iranian city of Tabriz, which was once an influential adherent of the Silk Road corridor and a gateway to Europe, is to play host to major exhibits of tourism and handicrafts, IRNA reported. Tabriz is set to hold the 9th National Handicrafts Exhibition and the 1st Tourism Exhibition concurrently at Tabriz International Exhibition ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that a country with an outstanding history of culture and civilization can never be threatened and this is the strategic advantage of tourism which has many cultural and economic benefits. He made the remarks on the unveiling ceremony of a number of gifts, received from leader and heads of ...

Tehran Times - On Sunday, tens of Iranian tour operators and travel associates met with their Hungarian fellows in Shiraz, exchanging views on how to deepen cooperation in the tourism sector. Shiraz Municipality will present prizes to Hungarian companies, which undertake maximum number of tours to the southern Iranian city, Mayor Heydar Eskandarpour ...

MNA |Morteza Rahmani: The mesmerizing Safavid architecture and world heritage sites have made Isfahan province a popular destination for both Iranian and international holidaymakers. Isfahan province has over 22,000 historical sites and monuments, of which 850 are nationally registered and four have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites,...

MNA The first phase of the northwest tourism development project launched with the cooperation of Japan's tourism specialists, said Iran's director general of tourism planning and development. The Director General of Tourism Planning and Development Alireza Rahimi said that the northwest tourism development project will be carried out in three ...

IRNA -- Managing Director of Tourism Corporation of Pakistans north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province says a memorandum of understanding (MOU) would be signed with Iran in near future to promote tourism and culture ties. In an exclusive interview with IRNA Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, said the bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries in ...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani stressed the need for creating and strengthening Kish Island tourism infrastructures to help attract further foreign tourists, especially from regional states. In a meeting with managing director of Kish Free Zone Gholamhossein Mozaffari on Sunday, he hailed unparalleled capacities and unique location of Kish Island ...

Tasnim - Abbasabad complex inspired its name from the name of Shah Abbas (1571-1629 AD), is one of the special Persian gardens inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list due to its perfect architecture. The king ordered to build the garden by cutting the hill to make 3 stair-plates in order to build the mansion and several pools on the stair plates....

Mizan |Erfan Ghafouri: Yalda is the name by which the longest night of the year is known in Iran. Iranians mark the end of autumn and the advent of winter in one of the most celebrated national events.    

MNA |Mehdi Pedramkhoo: The Karoon river in south-west of Iran is hosting migratory birds after recent precipitations swelled water levels in the rivers basin. Karoon is Irans largest river. The first human civilizations emerged next to this river. Karoon is 950 kilometres long, making it Irans longest river. It is also the only river of Iran parts ...

IRNA - The head of archeological exploration team in the underground troglodyte dwellings in Sefid Shahr (Nasrabad), also known as the underground city in Aran and Bidgol, Isfahan Province, announced the discovery of artifacts dating back to the 6th and 7th centuries Hegira. The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage ...

Financial Tribune - 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 same period of last year. According to Vali Teymouri, deputy head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Iraq, Turkey,...

IRNA |Mohammad Khodabakhsh: The Iranian capital Tehran is hosting an exhibition of organic food products a few days before the Yalda Night, the longest night of the year celebrated by Iranians across the world based on an ancient tradition.      ...

Tehran Picture Agency |Shayan Mehrabi: The House of Amir Bahador in Moniriyeh Square, southern Tehran, is one of the most magnificent houses of the Qajar era which belongs to two centuries ago.      ...