Official: More Tourists Visiting Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar hailed the growing number of tourists visiting the country, and added that Iran enjoys great potential to attract tourists.
Soltanifar on Tuesday said the number of tourists visiting Iran has significantly risen in the past few months.
He attributed the surge in tourist arrivals to the government’s foreign policy approach and the expansion of Iran’s interactions with other countries.
The ICHHTO chief noted that Iran earned $5-6 billion dollars in tourism revenues in 2013, stressing that given the country’s vast number of tourist attractions, its annual tourism revenues should reach at least $12 billion.
Iran has become a tourist hotspot this year, with tour operators in many European countries reporting significant increases in tourists booking trips to the Persian Gulf country.
With a large number of attractive natural and historical sites, Iran is one of the most touristic countries in the world.