He added that 7.8 million tourists arrived in Iran last year which showed a 52-percent growth compared to the previous year.
Over 80 percent of the foreign tourists travel to Iran for cultural and religious purposes, Teymouri underlined.
He went on to say that most tourists enter the country through Ilam, Kermanshah, Lorestan and Hamedan provinces.
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