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Persia Digest – Over four million tourists coming to Iran in the first five months of the Iranian year beginning March 2019 shows a 30 percent rise in tourism YOY.

Tehran Times - Iran is growing into a major destination for religious tourism despite U.S. sanctions on its economy, some experts say.

Tehran Times - The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has recently elected five affiliate members from Iran.

IFP - An Irish team of tourism officials and tour organizers are on a tour of Iran to get more familiar with the tourism potential in the country, especially in the field of medical tourism.

Financial Tribune - Iran has been ranked first worldwide in terms of price competitiveness in the World Economic Forum's "Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019" with a score of 6.7.

Tehran Times - Chabahar will be hosting a major tourism festival in November. The ten-day event is intended to turn the spotlight on coastal provinces of Iran.

Press TV - Head of Iran's government department on tourism says around eight million foreigners visited the country in the last Iranian calendar year ending in March 2019. "Some 7.8 million foreign tourists arrived in the country last year," said Ali Asghar Mounessan, adding that the figure shows a ...

IFP - Iran attracted some 600,000 medical tourists during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21–July 22), equaling the total number of visitors who traveled to Iran for healthcare services during the whole past year, a senior official says.

IFP - A Paris-Isfahan Motorcycle Tour, organized with the purpose of visiting natural and cultural heritage attractions of Iran, is now almost at its final festination.

Tehran Times - In a decree on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed Ali-Asghar Mounesan as the acting tourism minister.