Russian citizens who decide to visit Iran can obtain a visa after arriving in the country, they expect an increase in tourists among Russians in Tehran. It has been reported DEA News With reference to Ali Askar Shalbafian, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Crafts of Iran.
“Now Russian citizens are issued visas directly at Iranian airports,” the official said.
Shalbafian commented on the situation regarding the tourist flow on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World forum.
As Shalbafian added, according to the information obtained from Iran, from the end of March 2022 to the end of March 2023, approximately 41 thousand Russians visited the country.
An employee of Iran’s Ministry of Tourism estimates that “taking into account the steps taken, the number of tourists will increase significantly”.
Before that, measures were being taken to create a tourist flow between Iran and Russia.
It was previously known that he was in Iran. ready to cancel Visas for individual tourists from Russia.
Also, Iran planned to be launched Direct flights to St. Petersburg and Kazan.