Iran is set to host two international conferences on medical tourism in 2019, a senior official at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said. Mohammad Jahangiri, head of International Healthcare Association, said on Tuesday that the “5th Conference on Health Tourism in Islamic Countries” and the “2nd Conference and Exhibition of Health Tourism for […]

Tehran is ranked second after Dubai in terms of tourism market size and share of the country’s GDP from the span of 2007-2017, according to the latest World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) report published in October. Based on the report, the travel & tourism contribution to GDP in the Iranian capital has become more […]

 Some Iranian companies have taken part in the 2018 Tourism Expo, introducing Iran’s tourism attractions. Tourism and Automobile Club of Iran along with three other tourism companies have established an exclusive pavilion for Iran in the event to promote Iran’s tourism attractions. The pavilion was inaugurated with the Iranian ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani-Movahed in […]

TEHRAN – Tourist arrivals in Iran surged 30.66 percent in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started in March 21) from a year earlier, led by visitors mainly from four neighboring countries, a tourism official has said. “Travelers from Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey constituted topmost arrivals in the first three […]

Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has allotted a budget of 20 billion rials ($0.4 million) to restore the infrastructure around Surt springs, locally known as Badab-e Surt, located in Mazandaran Province. According to Seifollah Farzaneh, head of the provincial ICHHTO office, the funds will be spent to build access roads, water transfer pipes […]

TEHRAN –The first phase of a tourist village project in Khansar county, central Isfahan province, came on stream on Tuesday.  The inauguration ceremony was attended by the director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Ali-Asghar Mounesan, the governor of Khansar, Seyyed Hassan Shaf’ati, and the provincial tourism chief, Fereydoun Allahyari, amongst other travel […]

The visiting Omani Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Nasser al-Mahrizi met with the Chief of Iran Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Ali-Asghar Moonesan in Sa’adabad Historical and Cultural Complex on Saturday Feb. 24. The two sides exchanged their views on the issues of tourism and cultural heritage and emphasized to broaden and enhance […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism body has recently unveiled a smart management network that makes it easy for integrating and monitoring all nationwide data on travel and hospitality sectors. Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Deputy Director Mohammad Moheb-Khodaei said on Monday that the centralized network, which is in the reach of everyone, provides useful information […]

TEHRAN  – El-Golu, also known as Shah Golu, a great large park with an artificial lake and sidewalks in all four corners, is one of the most attractive sites in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran. Built in Karakoyunlu period in 1485, the small palace in the heart of the lake was used as a royal summer […]

TEHRAN – Some half a million foreign travelers visited Isfahan province, central Iran, over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2017). Nationals of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and China respectively constitute the highest number of inbound passengers, said Fereydoun Allahyari who presides over province’s office of the Cultural […]