Some popular landscapes of Afghanistan, from left to right: 1. Band-e Amir National Park; 2. Salang Pass in Parwan Province; 3. Korangal Valley in Kunar Province; and 4. Kajaki Dam in the valley of Helmand ProvinceForeign tourists in Kabul, c. 1940
Tourism in Afghanistan is regulated by the Ministry of Information and Culture. There are at least 350 tourism companies operating in Afghanistan.[1] Tourism was at its peak before the 1978 Saur Revolution, which was followed by the decades of warfare.[2] Between 2013 and 2016, Afghan embassies issued between 15,000 and 20,000 tourist visas annually.[3][4]
Afghanistan has four international airports, which include Kabul International Airport, Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar, and Herat International Airport. It also has a number of smaller domestic airports such as Bamyan Airport, Bost Airport, Chaghcharan Airport, Farah Airport, Fayzabad Airport, Ghazni Airport, Jalalabad Airport, Khost Airport, Kunduz Airport, Maymana Airport, Nili Airport, Tarinkot Airport, and Zaranj Airport.
Guest houses and hotels are found in every city of Afghanistan. Some of the major hotels in Kabul are the Serena Hotel, the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul, and the Safi Landmark Hotel. Most places in the country serve traditional Afghan cuisine.
^"350 new tourism companies granted license last year". Pajhwok Afghan News. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^Williams, Jessie (9 February 2022). "What now for Afghanistan's tour guides?". The Times. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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