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Published on : Friday, November 30, 2018
Despite US sanctions, the number of foreign visitors in Iran increased by 51 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal year, and this kind of growth is truly “unprecedented”.
Travelling in Iran is as safe as travelling in the United Kingdom and Canada. The risk of encountering violence, accidents or criminal acts is very low, according to the 2019 Travel Risk Map, developed by International SOS in collaboration with the UK-based Control Risks, which specialize in security policies and risk strategies.
The countries that pose the highest security risk in the world are Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, three of them in the Mideast.
The map shows the risk level in each country and territory based on the current threat posed to travellers by political violence including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war; social unrest including sectarian, communal and ethnic violence, as well as violent and petty crime.
The 2019 Travel Risk Map has five categories of risk: insignificant, low, medium, high and extreme.
The first category includes European countries like Luxembourg, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, as well as the Seychelles and Cape Verde.
Iran, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand are in the low risk category.
The number of foreign tourists coming to Iran went up by 51 per cent during the first six months of the current fiscal year (21 March-22 September) despite the re-imposition of US sanctions designed to isolate the country.
For boosting the tourism sector, Iran hosted the 40th Plenary Session of the UNWTO in Hamedan from 12 to 14 November.
UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said “We have travelled to Iran to promote Iran as a safe and calm tourism destination and through helping develop tourism in Iran, strengthen it in face of its problems.”