INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
involved organizations are working hard to coordinate the management of the month-long wave of travel estimated to start on March 6,
welcomes thousands of domestic and international tourists.The number of foreign travelers to Mashhad, one of the holiest places for Shia
Muslims, jumped 311 percent during the first half of the current Iranian year, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the
tradition of pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) was registered on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list by the
Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts.According to available data, some 37 million Iranian pilgrims and travelers visited
Mashhad during the first ten months of the Iranian year 1398 (March 21, 2019- March 10, 2020)
Of whom some eight million came by road, six million by rail, 3.8 million by air, and 18 million by private cars.During Noruz, when schools
and most businesses and workplaces are closed, millions of Iranians grasp the opportunity to go from one place to another.AFM
