Contributors: Dawn Erickson, Sylvia Vriesendorp and Maria Witz
.
This article was first published by our friends at The International Ecotourism Society, who have agreed to its republication here.
View the original article on their Your Travel Choice blog.
.
What Is It Like to Visit Afghanistan?
Afghanistan, before becoming known mostly for guns and bombs, was a popular tourist destination, not only to the world’s ‘hippie’ generation, but also as an attraction for those living in the region. Band-e Amir, which you may have heard of most recently in the news as it has become Afghanistan’s first national park in April 2009, was actually meant to become a national park in the 1960s, but political instability has put any development of the destination on hold until now.
Band-e Amir National Park (Photo by Alex Dehgan)
Posted under Afghanistan, General, countries, responsible organisations, responsible travel, whl.travel newsletter
This post was written by editor on November 3, 2009