Over 5 Million Foreign Tourists Visit Iran in 11-Month Period: UNWTO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Tourism Organization of the United Nations in its latest report said more than five million foreign tourists visited Iran in the first 11 months of 2023, registering a 42 percent growth compared to the same period a year earlier.
The international tourism body in a report revealed a boom in Iran’s tourism industry in 2023.
The arrival of foreign tourists to Iran witnessed a 42% hike from January to November 2023, it said.
The report added that over 3.74 million foreign tourists had visited Iran from January to November 2022 and the number rose to more than 5 million in the first 11 months of 2023.
The 42% growth in the arrival of foreign tourists to Iran in 2023 came as Iran’s tourism industry experienced a significant slump during the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Only 880,000 foreign tourists had visited Iran in 2021, but the number grew to 4.11 million in 2022.