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2024-02-17 18:03
UN Tourism secretary-general praises Iran’s efforts, challenges so-called Iranophobia
TEHRAN - UN Tourism Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili has recently addressed misconceptions surrounding Iran, commonly known as Iranophbia.
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2024-01-20 17:35
Global tourism estimated to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2024: UNWTO
TEHRAN - The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has forecasted a return to pre-pandemic international tourism levels by the end of 2024.
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2024-01-19 17:35
UNWTO to highlight investments, sustainable tourism, and collaboration
TEHRAN – The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is set to make a significant impact at FITUR 2024, the leading travel and tourism trade fair, taking place in Madrid from January 24 to 28.
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2023-10-20 17:55
Iran’s Kandovan is listed among world’s best tourism villages
TEHRAN – Iran’s Kandovan village has found its way into the list of 54 best tourism villages announced by the World Tourism Organization on Thursday.
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2023-10-18 17:09
Iranian, Saudi tourism ministers condemn attack on hospital in Gaza
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami and his Saudi counterpart Ahmed Al-Khateeb on Wednesday condemned Israel’s strike on a hospital in Gaza.
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2023-10-15 17:46
Iran’s tourism minister arrives in Uzbekistan to join UNWTO general assembly
TEHRAN – On Sunday, Iran’s tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami arrived in Uzbekistan to join the 25th session of the World Tourism Organization’s general assembly, which will be held in Samarkand on October 18 and 19.
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2023-07-07 18:58
Iranian villages vying for UNWTO label
TEHRAN – Iran has nominated eight villages for a special label given by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which recognizes exceptional rural tourism destinations.
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2022-12-17 19:25
Iran’s foreign visitor arrivals in deep slump since 2019: UNWTO barometer
TEHRAN – World Tourism Organization statistics indicate a significant decline in the number of foreign tourists arriving in Iran from 2019 onward, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2022-06-17 18:01
Innovative, resilient tourism discussed at UNWTO Asia-Pacific meeting
TEHRAN – Representatives of 19 countries from the Asia Pacific region, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, have discussed tourism resilience through innovation and digitalization during a meeting organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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2022-02-26 20:30
Coronavirus: UNWTO, WHO call for lifting of travel restrictions, claim they’re not effective
TEHRAN - The two UN agencies, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to collaborate on a global trust architecture for recovery of the travel sector.
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2022-02-19 19:30
Tourism has unique ability to promote peace everywhere: UNWTO chief
TEHRAN – World Tourism Organization secretary-general on Friday said tourism has a unique ability to promote peace between and among peoples everywhere.
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2022-02-18 21:20
UNWTO offers support to member states for tourism revival
TEHRAN – The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has said it provides support with member states to gain tourism revival.
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2022-01-19 18:53
UN report underpins tourism role to revive pandemic-hit economy
TEHRAN – A recent UN report has turned the spotlight on the potential role of tourism to recover the global economy which has suffered under lengthy lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-12-01 17:29
Iran, UNWTO discuss rural tourism targets
TEHRAN – On Tuesday, Iran’s deputy tourism minister Ali-Asghar Shalbafian and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili discussed ways to develop bilateral ties and to gain previously-defined rural tourism targets.
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2021-11-23 21:00
Offical suggests idea of buttressing food tourism
TEHRAN – Food accounts for one-third of tourist spending so it lays the ground to develop the food tourism market in Iran.
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2021-09-22 17:59
By Afshin Majlesi
Iran tourism prepares for a comeback
TEHRAN – Iran considers reopening borders to foreign vacationers as its new tourism minister has said the government will soon scrap visa restrictions.
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2021-09-19 21:21
Three Iranian villages nominated for UNWTO label
TEHRAN – The Iranian villages of Kharanaq, Barandaq, and Lark have been nominated for the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ label, which the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is projected to grant to a selection of rural destinations across the globe.
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2021-09-17 18:28
UNWTO plans restart of tourism across Asia and the Pacific
TEHRAN – Tourism leaders from across Asia and the Pacific have met to plan the sector’s restart and recovery even as borders remain closed throughout the region.
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2021-09-01 18:53
Millennia-old Iranian village nominated for UNWTO label
TEHRAN – Iran’s millennia-old village of Kharanaq has been nominated for the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ label, which will be granted to a selection of rural destinations by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).