GDP

2025-03-04 13:36

GDP growth improves under the 14th administration

TEHRAN - Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the three-month period ending in January 2025, during the early months of the 14th administration, reached 1.7 percent, up from the estimated 1.2 percent growth recorded in autumn (September–December 2024).

Fatemeh Mohajerani, the spokeswoman for the government, talks to the Tehran Times during her visit to the 18th Tehran International Tourism and Related Industries Exhibition on February 13, 2025.

2025-02-15 18:16

By Afshin Majlesi

Government spokeswoman highlights tourism and cultural heritage preservation

TEHRAN - Fatemeh Mohajerani, the spokeswoman for the government, emphasized the administration’s commitment to tourism development and cultural heritage preservation during her visit to the 18th Tehran International Tourism and Related Industries Exhibition on Thursday.

File photo depicts a foreign family posing for a photo during their visits to the 12th-century Jameh Mosque of Yazd in central Iran.

2024-10-01 17:34

Intl. conference highlights Iran as safe travel destination

TEHRAN - On Tuesday, the University of Tehran hosted an international conference attended by prominent figures from the travel sector, including Iran’s tourism minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, as well as some foreign ambassadors, diplomats and university professors.

2023-07-23 18:44

Iran to form steering council dedicated to medical tourism

TEHRAN – The Iranian ministers of tourism, health, and foreign affairs have decided to establish a steering council tasked to buttress the medical tourism sector of the Islamic Republic.

2023-07-14 19:14

Iran tourism revenues hit $6.2 billion in year, deputy minister says

TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism revenues were $6.2 billion in 2022, Ali-Asghar Shalbafian said on Wednesday.

2023-07-12 22:30

Over 2,500 tourism projects worth $7.2 billion underway across Iran

TEHRAN – More than 2,500 tourism projects worth more than 3.600 trillion rials (some $7.2 billion) are currently underway across Iran, a tourism official said on Tuesday.

2023-07-07 19:00

Iran’s tourism picks up 39 percent in 2022, WTTC report says

TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism industry achieved 39 percent year-on-year growth in 2020 when the total expenditure by foreign tourists hit $6.2 billion, according to a recent report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

2023-04-03 12:28

World Bank's forecast of GDP in Kyrgyzstan has not come true: expert

TEHRAN- In April 2022, the World Bank predicted a slowdown in the Kyrgyz economy due to the situation in Ukraine. However, the forecast turned out to be erroneous – the country's GDP not only did not decrease, but, on the contrary, rose significantly.