TEHRAN – The newly-established Camping and Caravanning Club of Iran is scheduled to hold a car rally with an itinerary studded with a variety of tourist spots across Tehran and Semnan provinces.

Participants, in tens of campers and camper vans, will start the rally from the Niavaran Cultural-Historical Complex in northern Tehran early on Friday, passing through Sharifabad, Pakdasht, Eyvanekey, Sorkheh, and Garmsar towns before reaching the"...

TEHRAN – Some 174 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) have been inked since the beginning of the current Iranian year 1399 (started on March 20) to develop tourism and increase visitors to Ali Sadr Cave.

Although the cave is one of the top destinations for domestic and foreign sightseers, the outbreak of the coronavirus cut the number of visitors by 86 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian year, manager of the site Mehdi Majidi"...

TEHRAN – Construction of a large roofed amusement park and recreational center has officially begun in southwestern Khuzestan province aiming to attract Iraqi tourists and travelers.

As the center is being built in Khorramshahr, which is near the Iraqi city of Basra, besides providing entertainment services to all residents of Arvand Free Zone and the neighboring cities, it could also become a tourist attraction and destination for Iraqi tourists"...

The Sharjah Directorate of Public Works (SDPW), has completed a project for establishing the Grand Touristic Restaurant in Al Hisn Island, Dibba Al Hisn, worth Dhs10 million.

Ali Saeed Bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, Chairman of SDPW, stressed that the cities of the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Sharjah are witnessing a remarkable development in the projects sector, thanks to the direct directives and follow-up by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah....

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TEHRAN – An online meeting on the tourism capacities of the Islamic revolution and the Iran–Iraq war, known as the Sacred Defense, will be held in Tehran on Thursday on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week.

As Tehran is home to the Sacred Defense Museum, the Peace Museum, and the Sacred Defense Cinema Town, it could be promoted as a tourist destination for those who are interested in such issues, provincial tourism chief Ali Rafiei"...

TEHRAN – Houshang Bazvand, the governor general of the western Kermanshah province, has said that introducing the cultural heritage and civilization of Iran in the language of art could attract more tourists to the ancient country.

He made the remarks during the closing ceremony of the World Wood Day Regional Event, which was held in the historical site of Taq-e Bostan on Thursday.

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TEHRAN- The southwestern province of Khuzestan has lost two main tourism peak seasons over flood and the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

The flood in April 2019, which is a traditional peak season when Noruz, the Iranian new year starts, and the outbreak of the coronavirus during this year’s new year holidays, started on March 20, destroyed two golden revenue-generating opportunities"...

Each summer there’s a huge increase in domestic travels and hotel reservations in Iran.

However, the summer of 1399 has been very different. This year, regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the terms and circumstances of traveling has somewhat changed.

Having to find a hotel approved by the ministry of health and the cancelation fees, are a few challenges that this summer’s"...

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