Taleb Rifai, the head of the UN World Tourism Organization, said traveling is the best response to those who seek to hinder it by putting up walls and employing an isolationist policy.

A tourism expert has renewed calls for ditching petrodollars and moving away from the oil-dependent economy in favor of green industries, such as tourism.

Despite fierce opposition from hotel and business owners, Barcelona officials agreed on Friday to curb the number of rooms for tourists in the city center in a move aimed at appeasing residents…

A plan to tax tourists for hotel stays in London was condemned by a leading travel trade body even before it was officially announced. The plan, endorsed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan at a cross-…

Islamic Azad University is planning to host health tourists at its 11 hospitals across the country, announced a senior figure at IAU.

“Medical tourism is the most profitable and stable…

The Philippine military claimed 15 were killed and at least 7 were wounded in its latest offensive against terrorists in Butig, Lanao del Sur, where local terror organizations Maute Group and the…

Several dozen Turkish soldiers have sought asylum in Germany, a media report said on Saturday, quoting officers who said they fear jail and possibly torture back home.

Around 43,000 people…

British Prime Minister Theresa May has signed a $125 million defense equipment deal with Turkey, as the two countries promised to ramp up trade partnerships.

New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program, a US think tank said…

French President Francois Hollande urged Europe to form a united front and provide a firm response to US President Donald Trump, at a gathering of southern European Union leaders on Saturday.

President Donald Trump was on diplomatic desk duty on Saturday, fielding a flurry of prearranged phone calls from foreign leaders as his executive order creating an immigration crackdown in the…

The 35th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) was officially inaugurated at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday with Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri stating that he believes “in the…

The two branches of Seyhoun Art Gallery in Tehran will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their founding from February 3 to 15.

Seyhoun Art Gallery was founded in 1966 by Iranian painter…

Globally acclaimed Iranian documentary ‘Starless Dreams’ directed by Mehrdad Oskouei was screened for 10 days at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, January 20-29.

A haunting…

The works of two Italian illustrators are to be reviewed and debated today in their presence, at Tehran’s Iranian Artists Forum (IAF).

Illustrators, Arianna Vairo, 32, and Simone Rea, 42,…

‘Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC-2000 AD,’ a chronological exploration into 150 gardens over four millennia of garden design, is now available in Persian.

In a statement on Saturday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Iran would ban Americans from entering the country in response to Washington's "offensive" move to temporarily deny Iranians…

Ireland’s parliament has become the first in the world to vote to divest from fossil fuels, paving the way for a historic ban on government investment in nonrenewable energy.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a day after a friendly meeting in Washington with US President Donald Trump.

May flew…

Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, has said Donald Trump’s new administration will push for an overhaul of the world body and bluntly warned those who oppose Washington’s…

The latest analysis of data by the research arm of the Iranian Parliament has revealed that the negative growth in the property market will persist all the way to the end of the current fiscal…

Roads, Housing and Urban Development Research Center (BHRC), affiliated with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, on Saturday signed an agreement with Korea Institute of Civil Engineering…

In the latest plan to increase the capital of Iranian public-sector banks, Bank Melli Iran will receive almost half the total amount considered for the plan, the bank’s CEO revealed.

Tejarat Bank has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), seeking compensation for the losses it incurred during the sanctions that targeted Iran's nuclear program, the bank's CEO…

President Hassan Rouhani evoked the dramatic 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall to note that no such structure can stand between nations, referring to a controversial US plan to build a wall along…