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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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2021-01-02 17:58
By Mehdi Garshasbi
R&D still unappreciated
The national budget bill for the next year (March 2021-March 2022) was submitted to the parliament on December 2, but the research and development sector has remained unappreciated like the previous years so that its share of the national budget is less than one percent of the gross domestic product.
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2020-10-06 00:01
Iran’s tourism achieves growth despite sanctions: minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism sector achieved a growth [of almost ten percent year on year] in the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (March 2019-March 2020) despite the adverse effects of the U.S. sanctions, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Saturday.
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2020-08-27 02:09
Nonzero: only 74 international travelers visit Iran during spring
TEHRAN – The number of foreign travelers to Iran has drastically plunged due to the global coronavirus pandemic as the Islamic Republic registered only 74 visits during the spring season.
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2019-12-13 18:12
Gilan province selected to start Iran’s comprehensive tourism plan
TEHRAN – The northern province of Gilan has been selected as the first province to start the country’s comprehensive tourism plan, which is to be developed under the auspices of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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2019-10-11 18:11
2,451 tourism projects worth $47b underway: minister
TEHRAN – A total of 2,451 tourism-related projects worth 2,000 trillion rials (about $47 billion) are being implemented across the country, tourism chief said on Thursday.
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2019-09-27 20:15
UNWTO sees global tourism to grow 3% per annum until 2030
TEHRAN – The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) expects that global tourism will continue to grow at an average of 3 percent annually until 2030.
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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.
