June 2020
BBC NewsAncient Persians were inspiration for mail delivery services
The Achaemenid Persians (approx. 550-330 BCE) were able to deliver, through the use of a system of couriers on horseback (known as pirradaziš in Old Persian), messages from one end of the massive Persian Empire to the other in a matter of days. According to scholars, a message could be sent from Susa, the administrative capital of the empire in western Iran, to Sardis, in what is now western Turkey, in between seven and nine days, following the Royal Road, a sort of highway connecting the two cities.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200624-iran-the-surprising-origins-of-the-postal-service
January 2019
World’s final Boeing 727 flight happens in Iran
Last Boeing 727 passenger plane makes its final flight
Last Boeing 727 passenger plane makes its final flight
The Tehran – Zahedan 2-hour flight by a 38-year-old Boeing 727-200 Advanced was the last to be flown as a passenger plane with a commercial airline.
October 2018
Financial TribuneIran revives several Persian Gulf cruises to boost tourism
Iran Boosts Marine Tourism to Attract More Foreign Travelers
Iran Boosts Marine Tourism to Attract More Foreign Travelers
Iran has mostly capitalized on its southern ports on Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. Plans are also underway for northern Iran that borders the Caspian Sea.
Luxury Train en Route to Iran for ‘Heart of Persia’ Tour
Luxury Train en Route to Iran for ‘Heart of Persia’ Tour
Luxury Train en Route to Iran for ‘Heart of Persia’ Tour
The 17th Golden Eagle train is scheduled to arrive at Sarakhs Border Crossing, Iran’s frontier with the neighboring Turkmenistan, on October 7, from where it will enter the Iranian territory for a two-week “Heart of Persia” tour. “The train that set off from Russia will arrive in Iran empty on Sunday and will be in Tehran on Monday. The 52 foreign passengers from Australia, Germany, Italy, Singapore, the US, Malaysia and Russia, whose flights will have landed in Tehran by then, will board the Golden Eagle on Tuesday and head on a journey from the capital to Mashhad, Kerman, Rayen, Yazd, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kashan, Arak, Shushtar, Shush, Veresk and Pol Sefid and back to the capital. After the tour ends, the train will head back, again empty, to Russia.
May 2018
ReutersAir France cuts back on Iran flights, blames weak demand
Air France cuts back on Iran flights, blames weak demand
Air France cuts back on Iran flights, blames weak demand
Bankers and others involved in business with Iran say they have been reluctant to travel to the country to close deals or negotiate the financing of existing ones because of uncertainty over the status of underlying U.S. sanctions, even before the latest standoff between Trump and Iran.
April 2018
Tehran TimesMashhad-Khaf tourism train in the pipeline
Mashhad-Khaf tourism train in the pipeline
Mashhad-Khaf tourism train in the pipeline
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways plans to operate a tourism train, which will connect the cities of Mashhad and Khaf, northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province.
Source: www.tehrantimes.com/news/422682/Mashhad-Khaf-tourism-train-in-the-pipeline
First Brazilian chartered flight of travelers lands in Iran
First Brazilian chartered flight of travelers lands in Iran
First Brazilian chartered flight of travelers lands in Iran
With 62 tourists and 14 crew members on board, the flight touched down in the historical city of Shiraz on Friday for a four-day tour, said Mohammad Moheb-Khodai, the deputy director of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
“The travelers have previously been in Japan, China and India…heading for Italy and Morocco as their next legs of journey,” the official said.
Source: www.tehrantimes.com/news/422622/First-Brazilian-chartered-flight-of-travelers-lands-in-Iran
August 2017
Financial TimesReport: Tehran’s International Airport Woefully Inadequate
The IKIA Experience
Iran wants to draw 20 million foreign tourists by 2025. But Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport is so inadequate it can barely serve its current traffic. “Under the present conditions, the airport is simply unable to host more travelers,” a manager of a private travel agency said on the condition of anonymity.
Source: financialtribune.com/articles/travel/69300/the-ikia-experience