Tehran, March 23, IRNA - Fifteen million tourists have visited different parts of the country in six days (March 17-22), i.e. in three days (March 17-19) before Noruz (New Year) and in the first three days (March 20-22) of Noruz.

Director General of the Domestic Tourism Development Department and Deputy Head of the State Tourism Headquarters Jamshid Hamzezadeh told IRNA on Sunday that northeastern Razavi Khorassan Province topped the list for attracting more than 2.5 million tourists in the period.

Hamzezadeh said Hormuzgan Province with 1.2 million tourists and northern provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan with about one million tourists absorption followed Razavi Khorassan Province in the list.

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