Iran Tourism Statistics

Recent data on Dubai's tourism show the number of Iranian travelers has declined over the summer month of August while Turkey and Georgia experienced significant growth in tourist inflow from…

Iran's outbound tourism compared with inbound travel has been disproportionate for much of the past four years, as more people exited the borders than those who have entered.

In the absence of the Tourism Satellite Account, a standard statistical framework for the economic measurement of tourism, figures about the industry are considered estimates, often…

A 2017 report by World Travel and Tourism Council shows promising improvements in the country’s tourism industry, which is attributed to the tactful policies set by President Hassan Rouhani.

About 114,000 foreign tourists visited Yazd in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), earning the province an estimated $36 million in revenues.

Seyyed Mohammad Mirmohammadi,…

About 1.1 million tourists traveled to Iran in the first three months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), an official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…

The number of Iranian tourists visiting Turkey exceeded 1 million during the first half of 2017, a report released by Turkey’s tourism statistics authority announced.

Inbound tourism…

A quick glance at Iran’s tourism statistics indicates that although the number of tourists experienced a gradual increase in the past few years, it shows a slight decline in the last Iranian…

Iran has set itself a target of 6.5 million inbound tourists in the current Iranian year that ends on March 20, 2018, a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…

Some 20 million foreign tourists traveled to Iran from the summer of 2013 (when President Hassan Rouhani took office) up to the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2016), the tourism deputy at…

Iran has jumped four places in the latest Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report by the World Economic Forum and ranked 93rd.

The country is ranked eighth in the Middle East, up from…

Iran’s budding tourism sector continued to grow in 2016, but forecasts by the World Travel and Tourism Council suggest the country’s 2025 goals are more ambitious than previously thought.

Iranians helped Armenia register a 5.7% growth in inbound tourism in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to official figures released by Armenia's State Tourism Committee.

Iran’s coastal regions have the potential to attract 3 million foreign visitors a year, says an official at the Department of Environment.

According to Parvin Farshchi, deputy for marine…

One of the most chronic challenges facing Iran’s tourism industry, which refuses to go away, pertains to statistics, or lack thereof.

Statistics on inbound and domestic tourists are key to assessing the effects of tourism on the economy and making plans for the development of the sector. Yet, Iran has failed to come up with an…

When Sir Robert Armstrong, a former UK Cabinet secretary, was asked to explain the difference between “a lie” and a “misleading impression”, he defined the latter as “being economical with the…

The Parliament’s Research Center has recently published its latest report on tourism, ‘Tourism Statistics Index’, an analysis of the country’s traveling data using the 2014-2015 statistics of…

Based on the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), measured by the UK, the share of tourism in Iran’s GDP during 2013 was 2%, according to the Persian daily Forsat-Emruz.

As stated on the…

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced the top 50 countries in terms of their tourism attractions. By attracting 4.7 million foreign tourists, Iran ranked 48th in 2013 for…