KABUL (Pajhwok): During the past one year, around 350 new tourism companies were granted operating licenses and the number of such companies registered in the country has reached 1,500.
Noor Mohammad Hassankhel, deputy director of marketing in the Ministry of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News that currently about 1,500 tourism companies functioned across the country --- 250 in Kabul and the rest 1,250 in provinces.
He said since August 2021 after the political change in the country, this department granted licenses to around 350 new travel agencies in Kabul and the provinces and extended the licenses . . .
