KABUL, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 27,914 foreign citizens made inbound and outbound trips to or from Afghanistan from March 21, 2023 to March 19, 2024, during the Persian calendar year of 1402, the country's National Statistics and Information Authority reported Wednesday.
Among them, 15,153 made inbound trips, including 675 women, while 12,761 made outbound trips, including 495 women, the governmental agency posted on social media.
Popular destinations for the travelers were Herat, Nimroz, Nangarhar, and Balkh border crossing points, as well as Kabul and Herat airports, the agency said.
Tourism and work activities were the travel purposes for these foreign nationals in Afghanistan, it said, adding that most of them visited historical sites in provinces including Bamyan, Herat and Kandahar.
Since the Afghan caretaker government assumed power in August 2021 in the wake of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, the tourism industry in the country has been developing. ■
