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From AP Features  |  2009-07-05 00:16:52

There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan valley are training tour guides and teaching restaurateurs about customer service. It's an attempt to draw tourism and return ...

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From AP News  |  2009-07-04 20:01:50
An oasis amidst war, Afghan valley seeks to lure tourists to help it return to normalcy

There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan valley are training tour ...

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From AP Features  |  2009-07-04 19:34:23
UN agency says world tourism falls in first quarter, blames financial crisis, swine flu

The U.N. World Tourism Organization says international tourism fell 8 percent between January and April compared to the same period last year, blaming the global financial crisis and the swine flu outbreak. The UNWTO also revised its 2009 tourism forecast downward. It predicts tourism will ...

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