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Tehran Times - Iran tourism chief has said that medical [and health] travelers constitute a significant share of arrivals in the country.

Tehran Times - Iran tourism chief Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Wednesday met with Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua, stressing the need for expansion of cooperation to exchange more travelers.

MNA – Ali Asghar Mounesan, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, said that a center has been formed in his organization to explore ways to boost the tourism industry under US sanctions.

IRNA - The arrival of foreign tourists to the country increased by 52% last Iranian year reaching 7.8 million tourists, Vice President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran (CHHTO) Ali Asghar Mounesan said on Tuesday.

FT- A record high of 600,000 health tourists visited Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21), equaling the total number of health tourists who paid a visit to the country in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19), according to the deputy head of Iran Health Tou...

Tehran Times - If you have chosen Iran as your destination for rhinoplasty, you need to know that you’re traveling to the world’s capital of rhinoplasty, ISNA cited in a recent article.

MENAFN - Iran has intensified its efforts to realize significant opportunities for tourism development.

MNA – Tourism industry has gained momentum in recent years with the government redoubling efforts to boost the sector for increasing foreign currency revenues and creating jobs under the current economic conditions.

Skift - As relations between the U.S. and Iran grow ever-more contentious, even rising to the threat of war, travel companies report that demand among Americans for Iran tours, which had been growing, is plummeting and that some have cancelled plans for upcoming visits.

FT- he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee inscribed Iran's Hyrcanian forests on the organization's World Heritage List during its meeting in Baku on July 5.