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2021-03-08 19:27
Iran to allocate some $240,000 for Great Wall of Gorgan restoration
TEHRAN – Iran will set aside ten billion rials (some $240,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) for the restoration of the Great Wall of Gorgan, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Sunday.
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2021-03-07 21:53
Dar ul-Funun has potential to turn into school of traditional arts: minister
TEHRAN – Dar ul-Funun, which is a symbol for the start of the modern education era in the country, holds the potential to be turned into a school of traditional arts, Iran’s tourism minister said on Sunday.
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2021-03-06 22:40
Iranian president declares travel ban for ‘red’, ‘orange’ zones to combat new COVID-19 variant
TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday declared new travel bans for cities situated in the “red” and “orange” zones to combat the new COVID-19 variant.
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2021-03-05 22:40
Handwoven carpets depicting tourist destinations unveiled in Kashan
TEHRAN – Two handwoven carpets, which depict arrays of significant tourist destinations of Kashan, have been unveiled in the central Iranian city.
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2021-03-02 21:34
Some $154m paid to support tourism businesses across Iran
TEHRAN - The Iranian government has paid 6.5 trillion rials ($154.7 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in loans to the tourism businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic across the country in the current Iranian year 1399 (started on March 20, 2020), the tourism minister has said.
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2021-02-28 22:08
Tourism, transport ministers ink MOU to boost maritime tourism
TEHRAN- Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami to deepen cooperation and expand bilateral ties.
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2021-02-27 18:43
Iran’s tourism still alive, minister says
TEHRAN – Despite all the obstacles and issues and the outbreak of the coronavirus, the country’s tourism sector is still alive and dynamic, the tourism minister has said.
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2021-02-26 22:27
Tehran, Caracas agree to launch reciprocal tours
TEHRAN – Iran and Venezuela have agreed to launch mutual tours as part of a memorandum of understanding the two inked days ago in Tehran.
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2021-02-26 18:33
I invite all travelers interested in culture to visit Iran: Venezuelan tourism minister
TEHRAN – “I invite all [potential] travelers who are interested in culture to visit Iran and see that Iran is a peaceful and hospitable country,” Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade Ali Padron Paredes has said.
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2021-02-21 18:22
Tourism minister honors exemplary crafters, artisans
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan and his deputy for handicrafts, Pouya Mahmoudian, honored some exemplary crafters and artisans on Saturday.
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2021-02-19 20:12
Foreign arrivals to Iran plunge 94 percent in face of virus
TEHRAN – The number of foreign visitors to Iran plunged 94% in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2020), from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, as the coronavirus pandemic takes a heavy toll of the tourism industry.
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2021-02-19 20:05
Persian New Year: tourism ministry proposes models for domestic travels
TEHRAN – With a month to go till the start of the Iranian New Year, which has long been associated with millions of domestic travels, the Iranian tourism minister wants to find a way to partially revive the already-slumped travels in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-02-19 20:04
Venezuelan minister to visit Tehran to discuss tourism cooperation
TEHRAN – Venezuelan Tourism Minister Alí Padrón Paredes will visit Iran in the next few days to discuss tourism cooperation, Caracas’ Ambassador to Tehran Carlos Antonio Alcala Cordones has said.
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2021-02-17 18:36
206 tourism projects put into operation in Tehran
TEHRAN –Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Tuesday inaugurated 206 tourism-related projects in Tehran province through a video conference.
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2021-02-16 19:53
Tehran conference to explore cultural impact of coronavirus on tourism
TEHRAN – The social and cultural impact of the novel coronavirus on the arenas of tourism and cultural heritage will be explored at a Tehran conference.
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2021-02-03 21:21
Iran eyes UNESCO status for Siraf, other ancient ports: tourism minister
TEHRAN – Iran seeks to register ancient Siraf port and several other southern seaports on the UNESCO World Heritage list in near future, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan has said.
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2021-02-02 18:42
Over 3,000 smuggled relics returned to Iran since August 2017: minister
TEHRAN – More than 3,000 historical objects that had been looted and smuggled out of Iran decades ago have been returned home since August 2017, when Presiden Hassan Rouhani began his second administration, tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Monday.
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2021-02-01 21:35
Persian Gulf Regional Museum inaugurated in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Monday inaugurated a vast museum of cultural heritage and anthropology in the port city of Bushehr, southern Iran.
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2021-01-30 17:42
Perspective on tourism advertising needs improving, and a lot of money, Iranian minister says
TEHRAN – The strategy of tourism advertising needs to be improved in Iran, tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Saturday, adding that the country should spend more amount of money on it like what it does in other sectors such as the industry and agriculture.
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2021-01-12 21:32
Magnificent Taq Kasra to be restored by Iranian budget, expertise
TEHRAN – Iran is set to conduct an urgent restoration project on Taq Kasra, a Sassanid-era Persian masterpiece of architecture, which was collapsed partly in modern Iraq earlier this month.
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2021-01-10 21:05
Assessment of Ardebil completed as touristic city
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts has completed a comprehensive assessment of Ardebil as a touristic city, the tourism minister announced on Sunday.
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2021-01-05 21:44
Fossilized tooth found in west-central Iran dates from 100,000 years, minister says
TEHRAN – A fossilized tooth, previously found in a cave west-central Iran, could date back 100,000 years, the Iranian tourism minister said on Monday.
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2021-01-03 20:50
Neanderthal tooth put on show in Qazvin museum
TEHRAN - A fossilized tooth, which is amongst the earliest evidence of Neanderthal settlements in the Iranian plateau, has been put on show at a museum in Qazvin, west-central Iran, where the object was discovered in a nearby cave.
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2020-12-27 19:34
National Museum of Iran to host special German show
TEHRAN – The National Museum of Iran and Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum are in cooperation to organize a special show of German’s mining heritage in downtown Tehran.
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2020-12-23 19:39
Tourism projects worth $255m underway in northwestern Iran
TEHRAN - A total of 31 tourism-related projects worth 10.7 trillion rials (about $255 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) are being implemented across the northwestern West Azarbaijan province, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-12-21 18:35
Over $350,000 allocated to restore centuries-old arch bridge
TEHRAN –A budget of 15 billion rials ($357,000 at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to implement a restoration project on the Khatun Bridge, a centuries-old arched monument in Alborz province, provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2020-12-20 19:45
1.5 million lose work in Iran as COVID hits tourism market
TEHRAN – The coronavirus epidemic has ruined more than 1.5 million jobs in Iran’s travel sector, tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Saturday.
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2020-12-14 20:24
Tourism can’t wait for vaccinations to become a widespread reality: UNWTO
TEHRAN – The tourism sector cannot wait for the coronavirus vaccinations to become a widespread reality, members of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have stressed.
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2020-12-06 22:12
Centuries-old arch bridge to undergo urgent restoration near Tehran
TEHRAN – Khatun Bridge, a centuries-old arched monument near capital Tehran, will undergo some vital rehabilitation works.
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2020-12-04 20:05
Coronavirus causes $24m damage to Semnan’s tourism
TEHRAN – The north-central Semnan province has suffered one trillion rials (about $24 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in earnings from tourism over the past couple of months by a virus epidemic, the provincial tourism chief on Thursday.
