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2019-06-27 11:48
Iran tourism grows 1.9% to account for 6.5% of GDP
Iran’s tourism sector grew by 1.9% to contribute 1,158 trillion rials ($8.83 billion) or 6.5% to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 1,334 jobs (5.4% of total employment) in 2018, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council’s annual report.
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2019-06-12 19:48
Tourism contributes $11.8b to Iran’s GDP: Mounesan
TEHRAN – Iran’s earnings from tourism contributed $11.8b to its gross domestic product (GDP) in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended March 20), Tourism Chief Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Tuesday.
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2018-12-24 20:36
External debt down 10.7%
TEHRAN- According to the newest data released by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Iran’s debts to foreign lenders in the end of the seventh Iranian month of Mehr (October 22) stood at $10.093 billion, showing 10.7 percent decrease in comparison with the announced figure in the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21- April 20, 2018), IRIB reported on Monday.
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2018-11-22 08:10
Tehran ranks 2nd tourism market place in Mideast, Africa: WTTC
TEHRAN – Tehran is ranked second after Dubai in terms of tourism market size and share of the country’s GDP from the span of 2007-2017, according to the latest World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) report published in October.
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2018-10-27 18:58
WTTC ranks Iran’s tourism 20th among 185 in 2011-17
TEHRAN – Iran’s budding travel sector has come 20th in the latest World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) report that has ranked performance of 185 countries over 2011-17.
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2018-09-02 09:28
India’s GDP grows to 8.2, ahead of China
TEHRAN - At a time when the inflation is rising and country’s currency is getting weaker, there is some good news for India’s economy. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) witnessed a sharp growth to reach 8.2 percent in the quarter that ended in June, according to official data released on Friday.
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2017-04-06 22:15
WTTC sees Iran’s intl. tourist arrivals to rise by 11.6% in 2017
TEHRAN - Iran’s emergent tourism sector is expected to ramp up by 11.6 percent in 2017 by scoring over 5.5 million international tourist arrivals, the World Travel and Tourism Council suggested.
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2017-03-24 13:02
Mining sector’s share in Iran’s GDP to rise to 1.5%
TEHRAN- The share of mining sector in Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) will be increased to 1.5 percent in the Sixth National Development Plan (2016-2021) from the current figure of 1.1 percent, Deputy Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Jafar Sarqini told IRNA on Friday.
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2017-02-15 18:32
Tehran talks highlight UNESCO efforts to bolster tourism in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization hosted a consultative meeting on sustainable tourism on Tuesday, in which a UNESCO representative put the spotlight on ongoing bilateral cooperation in empowering the sector.
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2016-10-02 18:28
Post-JCPOA tourist arrivals in Iran doubles global average
TEHRAN – Foreign tourist arrivals in Iran has been more than double that of the global average since the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, Iran’s tourism chief announced here on Sunday.
