{"id":205,"date":"2020-08-28T11:51:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/?p=205"},"modified":"2020-08-28T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:51:07","slug":"only-74-tourists-visited-iran-in-the-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/regions\/middle-east\/only-74-tourists-visited-iran-in-the-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 74 tourists visited Iran in the spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and related travel restrictions, only 74 foreign tourists visited Iran during the period of March 20- June 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian Culture and Tourism Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said in a TV interview Tuesday that Iranian tourism is almost at a standstill and only 74 foreign tourists travlled to the country during the spring season due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interview, the minister stated that it showed a growth trend in the period before the tourism epidemic, its revenues reached 11.7 billion dollars in 2019, constituting 2.8% of GDP and approaching the world average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8.7 million foreign tourists visited <a href=\"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran <\/a>last year and was named the second fastest growing country in tourism, according to the data compiled by the World Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of the losses suffered by the travel and accommodation sector of the country, the minister said that the Iranian tourism industry has suffered 12 trillion rials (approximately $ 2.85 billion) so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and related travel restrictions, only 74 foreign tourists visited Iran during the period of March 20- June 20. 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