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Finland displacing Egypt as New Year tour destination for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents won't change their preferences when choosing New Year tours this year.

02 December 2011

Additional ship to protect Chokan Valikhanov yacht from cannibals in French Polynesia Chokan Valikhanov yacht will be accompanied by an additional ship when passing French Polynesia for security reasons.

20 October 2011

Kazakhstan customs personnel and border guards are to learn English and good manners Hospitality in airports is very important for communication with investors: Vice-PM.

03 October 2011

15 thousand foreign tourists visited Kazakhstan in 6 months A majority of tourists come to Kazakhstan from Germany, China, USA and France.

30 September 2011

France and Switzerland simplified visa procedures for Kazakhstan residents Starting from October 3 Kazakhstan residents will be able to get visas to France and Switzerland in Astana and Almaty.

29 September 2011

Only 50 percent of Astana hotels correspond to declared level of service 163 hotels were inspected in Astana. 50 percent of the hotels in the capital look good: Expert.

27 September 2011

Mussabayev of KazKosmos Space Agency against declaring October 2 the Day of Cosmonautics in Kazakhstan The whole world celebrates the Cosmonautics day [renamed by the UN to the International Day of Human Space Flight] April 12 to commemorate the first flight of Yuri Gagrin to space in 1961: Mussabayev.

22 September 2011

KazSat-2 to enable Kazakhstan to save $30 million a year Kazakhstan’s communications satellite KazSat-2 will be operable starting from late October 2011.

14 September 2011

Kazakhstan now has enough funds to send its cosmonaut to the International Space Station There are two prospective cosmonauts, but they are facing lack of opportunities as Russia-made Soyuz rockets are now the only means of transporting cosmonauts of all countries to the ISS: Talgat Mussabayev, Head of the National Space Agency KazKosmos.

12 September 2011

Saudi Arabia reproaches Kazakhstan for small number of pilgrims We do not have enough people to fill in our Hajj quota and always hear different reproaches and are being blamed by the Ministry of Hajj of Saudi Arabia: Kairat Lama Sharif.

10 September 2011

Almost 14 percent of Kazakhstan residents don’t get vacation pay 13.8 percent of Kazakhstan residents don’t get a vacation pay, according to wageindicator international database Mojazarplata.kz.

24 August 2011

Omelette for 13 out of one ostrich egg in a farm near Almaty There are ostrich breeding farms in Kazakhstan in Almaty, Astana, Karaganda, Zhezkazgan and Ust-Kamenogorsk.

18 August 2011

Citizens of CU countries may carry 2 cell phones and 3 liters of alcohol through customs The federal customs service has issued a memo for passengers following through the border of the Customs Union (CU) by different types of transport.

16 August 2011

Nine teenage members of Kazakhstan’s tourist team detained in Uzbekistan are back home Three adult team members are charged with illegally crossing the Uzbek border and bringing in firearms to Uzbekistan.

31 July 2011

KazKosmos willing to send a Kazakh cosmonaut to the International Space Station According to Talgat Mussabayev, KazKosmos Head, the plan is hampered by the current lack of places aboard Soyuz spaceships.

28 July 2011

Egypt promising to simplify visa regulations for Kazakhstan The question of simplifying visa regulations was raised in a meeting of Kazakhstan ambassador to Egypt with Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.

13 July 2011

PHOTO: Tselinograd vs. Astana Tengrinews.kz journalist found the places photographed by one of Tselinograd's first foreign tourist in 1978.

08 July 2011

Regular flights launched between Almaty and Tamchy in Kyrgyzstan The regular flights aboard AN-24 [capable of carrying 46 passengers] will be performed twice a week throughout the high tourist season. A return ticket will cost $226.

04 July 2011

Number of Kazakhstan tourists in Kyrgyzstan grew 40 percent Over 35 thousand Kazakhstan tourists traveled to Kyrgyzstan in June, this is 35-40 percent higher than in 2010.

04 July 2011

Kazakhstan citizens Yandex search UAE and China Yandex search engine defined the most popular travel destinations of its Kazakhstan users. The UAE and China are the most popular destinations.

18 June 2011