Tourism

COVID-19 inflicts $4.2 trillion damage to global tourism: Report

A report by the tourism commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) suggests that the coronavirus disease has caused a $4.2 trillion damage to global tourism.

World Economy

Iran to cancel visa requirements for visitors from 33 new countries

Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ezzatollah Zarghami has said the Iranian Cabinet has decided to unilaterally cancel visa requirements for visitors from 33 more countries.

Iran Economy

Official puts Iran’s annual tourism revenues at $6.2 billion

An Iranian deputy minister of tourism says Iran’s annual tourism revenues have reached $6.2 billion, adding that tourism is becoming a major source of earning hard currency for the country.

Iran Economy

Iran’s tourist arrivals quadrupled to over 4m in 2022

A total of 4.1 million tourists visited Iran in 2022, indicating a 315% rise compared to the year before, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

Iran Economy

Iran, Russia prepare to sign tourism cooperation deal

Iran and Russia have agreed to discuss a deal that will facilitate tourism cooperation between the two countries, according to a senior official in the Iranian tourism ministry (MCTH).

Society Economy

Iran eases visa conditions for foreign tourists

The deputy head of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, Ali-Asghar Shalbafian, said on Sunday that Iran has eased conditions for travelers to the country.

Society Economy

Iran urged to use Halal food capacity to boost tourism industry

Iran’s Halal food capacity, which can attract a potential 1.5 billion Muslims across the world has been neglected, according to Chairman of Tourism Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Ali-Akbar Abdolmaleki.

Commissions

Iran aims to attract health tourists from five neighboring countries

Mohammad Reza Karbasi, the deputy for international affairs of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) said that five neighboring countries, namely Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Azerbaijan, and Iraq, are Iran’s target countries for promoting health tourism.

Iran Chamber

Iran to accept tourists soon as COVID restrictions ease

An Iranian government minister says the country will resume issuing tourism visas soon as it seeks to end a 19-month suspension caused by the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Macro Economy

Russia, Iran to sign visa waiver agreement for tourist groups

Iran’s tourism minister Ali Asghar Mounesan is in the Russian capital, Moscow, to sign a deal to ease visa requirements for tourist groups traveling between the two countries.

Society Economy