Iran beats San Francisco
2008 top tourist attractions
What a difference a few months make? Iran ( 18 ) beating San Francisco and London for 2008 tourist attraction! Could the dark shadows over Iran's image be finally clearing? -- Mehran
The 53 Places to Go in 2008: #18: IRAN
New York Times: What Axis of Evil? Upscale tour operators are tiptoeing into Iran next year, offering trips that explore the ancient country's Persian treasures and olive-green desert plains.
Next spring, the luxury cruise liner Silversea will make stops in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on its Dubai to Dubai cruise.
And California-based Distant Horizons (www.distant-horizons.com) is organizing two 18-day trips that start in Tehran and then weave through the once-forbidden countryside, including stops in Shiraz and Isfahan.
Prices start at $5,390 per person.
2008 top tourist attractions
What a difference a few months make? Iran ( 18 ) beating San Francisco and London for 2008 tourist attraction! Could the dark shadows over Iran's image be finally clearing? -- Mehran
The 53 Places to Go in 2008: #18: IRAN
New York Times: What Axis of Evil? Upscale tour operators are tiptoeing into Iran next year, offering trips that explore the ancient country's Persian treasures and olive-green desert plains.
Next spring, the luxury cruise liner Silversea will make stops in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on its Dubai to Dubai cruise.
And California-based Distant Horizons (www.distant-horizons.com) is organizing two 18-day trips that start in Tehran and then weave through the once-forbidden countryside, including stops in Shiraz and Isfahan.
Prices start at $5,390 per person.


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