Iran’s tourism situation is still 37% behind the pre-Corona statistics.
In its statistical section, the World Tourism Organization updated the number of foreign tourists arriving in Iran in the first six mohs of 2024 and announced that this number is still 37% lower than before the Corona pandemic (2019).
According to the information available in the UOURISM statistics section (which usually receives these statistics from official tourism organizations and institutions of governmes and couries), Iran hosted a total of 3 million 129 thousand 449 foreign travelers in the first 6 mohs of 2024. has shown that this figure was accompanied by fluctuations in the mohs of January to June (from January 1402 to June 1403).
According to these statistics, in January (696/494 people), February (313/506 people), March (772/396 people), April (469/497 people), May (282/443 people) and in June (917/790 people) have traveled to Iran, which shows a total of 3,129,449 foreign tourist arrivals to Iran in the first six mohs of 2024. Meanwhile, in 2023, the total number of iernational tourists arriving in Iran in the first seven mohs of 2023 (January to July) reached less than three million people (2,933,884 people).
The lowest amou of arrivals to Iran was recorded in March (March-April) and the highest ery of foreign tourists (more than 790 thousand people) was recorded in June (June-April). In these statistics, the citizenship and nationality of the passengers who eered Iran are not specified.
Also, the foreign tourism developme departme in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Industries announced in 1402 that Iranians living in foreign couries, who traveled to the coury for the purpose of tourism, are also coued in the couing of incoming tourists.
According to the announceme of the World Tourism Organization, the amou of tourists eering Iran in the first 6 mohs of 2024 is 37% less compared to the statistics before the Corona pandemic (2019), while according to the latest reports, the world tourism industry will The year 2024 will be completely revived and will finally come out from under the shadow of the negative consequences of the Corona epidemic. In the first nine mohs of 2024, about 1.1 billion tourists traveled iernationally, and the world tourism industry reached 98% of its pre-pandemic level.
Four years after the coronavirus outbreak brought global tourism to a standstill, reports indicate a significa recovery in the industry, with most regions surpassing 2019 figures in terms of tourist arrivals between January and September 2024. The United Nations Tourism Organization report also shows that iernational tourism revenues have grown significaly and most destinations have recorded a double-digit increase compared to 2019.
Meanwhile, the Middle East (+29% compared to 2019) coinued to witness unprecedeed growth in this period, while Europe (+1% growth) and Africa (+6% growth) also exceeded the 2019 level. The Americas have also recovered with 97% of the number of incoming tourists before the pandemic (minus 3% compared to 2019).
Asia and the Pacific reached 85% of the 2019 level, compared to only 66% in 2023. The area has seen a gradual recovery since reopening to iernational travel in 2023.
Also, according to available data, in 35 couries, iernational tourism receipts exceeded pre-pandemic levels in the first 8-9 mohs of 2024, with many recording double-digit growth compared to 2019. Among the best performers in terms of income are Serbia (+99%), Pakistan (+64%), Romania (+61%), Japan (+59%), Portugal (+51%), Nicaragua and Tanzania (both + 50%) were located.
