Iran reopens borders to tourists
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Iran reopens borders to tourists

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09-30-2021
 
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Iran will resume issuing tourist visas to foreigners from October 23, more than 19 months after the closure of the borders of the Islamic Republic amid an epidemiological crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Iran closed its borders to foreign citizens in March 2020, a few weeks after the official announcement of the first cases of COVID-19 in the country.

According to the Ministry of Health of Iran, in this country, the most affected by the pandemic in the Middle East, more than 5.5 million cases of coronavirus infection and almost 120 thousand deaths have been registered.

In 2019, 8.8 million tourists visited Iran. According to the Ministry of Tourism, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, their number has decreased by 94%.

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