TEHRAN — Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has recently forbidden its managers to be interviewed by the news media or for them to disclose any information to the press on the number of foreign tourists visiting Iran.
The report was published on Wednesday by the Persian service of CHN after several CHTHO provincial directors refused to give information about the number of tourists to the news agency.
“According to a CHTHO memorandum, we don’t have permission to give out the number of tourists visiting Iran,” South Khorasan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department Deputy Director Morteza Arabi told CHN.
