After more than three decades of war, promoting tourism could seem like a tougher challenge than getting up that first rise on Friday’s race with only 10 days of ski training, but that is exactly what Habiba Sarobi, Bamyan’s provincial governor, and the Aga Khan Foundation are trying to do.
“We want to introduce Bamyan as a tourist destination to the world,” said Sarobi, Afghanistan’s only female governor. The valley, she said, “has a lot of potential for tourism because Bamyan is on the list of [UNESCO] World Heritage sites. […] And it’s not only because of historical heritage, but th
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