Despite claims by the Central Bank of Iran, air travel agencies say they have yet to receive their foreign currencies at the cheaper rates offered in the government’s system designed to meet currency needs. This has led to confusion surrounding airfares, as a two-tiered pricing system may emerge for local flights. On Oct. 31, the CBI released […]

The number of Iranian citizens’ outbound air travels to their most popular destinations has halved in recent months due to skyrocketing prices caused by a freefalling national currency. “Istanbul, Tbilisi, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai are the most travelled flight routes for Iranians and the number of those flights has reached half the levels they were at the moment,” Morteza […]

A new index created by Australian travel company Intrepid has revealed the countries suffering from the most “overtourism”, along with the nations with “undertourism”. The index compares total visitor arrivals in 2016 to the permanent population to create a “tourism density index”. THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR OVERTOURISM Croatia  (57,587,000 tourists to 4,170,600 locals – 1380.78%) Iceland (1,891,000 tourists […]

Iranian authorities will introduce protectionist measures to support the nation’s tourism industry in the wake of unilateral US sanctions on Iran, Mehr news agency reported. Iranian media outlet cited Ali Asghar Mounesan, the Iranian vice president and head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), who announced that passports of foreign tourists visiting […]