Marc Wilmots, the new Belgian manager of Iran’s national football team, better known as Team Melli, describes Iran as a safe and beautiful country a few weeks after his arrival.
It’s been four years that attractive tourist sites including a pipe hotel have been set up in a village close to Asalouyeh, the Iranian city where the world’s largest gas field South Pars is located.
The village of Chenaghchi Oliya is located in Zarandieh town, 45 kilometres northwest of the city of Saveh in central Iran. The history of the village dates back to hundreds of years ago, with some estimates saying it belongs to the Safavid dynasty.
The spokesman of Iran’s government says that the visit of foreign tourists to the country is to be eased based on an order by President Hassan Rouhani.
French newspaper Liberation, with a modernist look, has introduced cafes, hostels and modern sites of Tehran and portrayed an up-to-date and dynamic picture of Iran and its people.
Bosnian model and photo blogger Aida Muharemović has travelled to a number of Iranian cities, and released beautiful photos of her posing in front of iconic sites and monuments.
Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has provided cell phone coverage in the central Desert of Maranjab, said Iran’s ICT Minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi.
Travel agencies taking tours to Iran have been exempted from paying Value-Added Tax (VAT) upon the order of First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri in a bid to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting the country.
An Iranian tourism official says the age of cultural visitors to Iran, who used to be much older than now, has been decreasing recently despite the US’ efforts to spread Iranophobia around the world.
Iran earned $11.8 billion from its tourism sector during the past Iranian calendar year (which started in March 2018), said Ali Asghar Mounesan, head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization.
The historical city of Isfahan in central Iran is nowadays hosting scores of foreign tourists who have booked the city's hotels and hostels from a long time ago in order to enjoy its pleasant weather during spring.
Iran has managed to export $490 million worth of handicrafts during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, said Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO).
Some foreign diplomats in Iran have revealed that the US sanctions on Iran cover the country’s tourism industry as well, saying Washington has warned a number of foreign travel agencies and diplomatic missions against cooperating with the Islamic Republic in the tourism area.
At least six million foreign tourists have visited Iran in the first nine months of the current Persian year, said Ali-Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), predicting that the figure would increase to 7 million by the year-end.
Iran and Turkey have signed an agreement to ameliorate mutual relations in the field of tourism as the two sides agree that Tehran-Ankara tourism ties are unstable and imbalanced.
The Iranian capital Tehran is hosting the 12th edition of the International Exhibition of Tourism and Related Industries with hundreds of domestic and foreign companies taking part.
The number of tourists traveling to Iran in the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) has been increased by 56% year on year, a Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organisation official announced, as a plunge in the national currency’s value has made visiting Iran extremely cheap.
The 39th International Tourism Fair of Spain known as Fitur, has opened in Madrid on Wednesday with Iranian exhibitors taking part to introduce Iranian tourist attractions.
