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Kazakhstan to launch direct flight to Mumbai and Goa
Kazakhstan and Indian airlines reached the agreement during bilateral negotiations in Delhi.
11 July 2012
Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone will become a Kazakhstan brand
Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies will work out a package plan of development of Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone.
03 July 2012
Golf club to appear on the coast of Shuchye Lake in 2015
The new golf-club will have a hotel for 100 people, artificial harbors and 18 golf courses and will be constructed by 2015.
02 July 2012
Terrorists may attack Baikonur in guise of tourists
Head of Baikonur administration believes that making the city a tourist center will increase the risk of terrorist attacks.
20 June 2012
Almaty to have new bus fleet for tours
The plan is to create a special bus fleet in the existing one or in the tourism department to service tourists: head of tourism department.
29 May 2012
Yessimov instructed police to learn foreign languages
Major of Almaty instructed head of Almaty Interior Department to develop a concept for setting up foreign language trainings in the Department.
24 May 2012
Nazarbayev shared prospects of Kazakhstan tourism with foreign investors
Development of business activities and services for foreign citizens in Almaty will help create additional conditions for establishing a tourist hub around the city: Nazarbayev.
22 May 2012
2000 police officers to protect tourists at Issyk-Kul
Over 4 thousand policemen and security officers will be ensuring security during the tourist season in Kyrgyzstan.
12 May 2012
New permanent representative of Kazakhstan in World Tourism Organization appointed
Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Decree appointing a new permanent representative of Kazakhstan in the World Tourism Organization.
08 May 2012
Kazakhstan tourists are loved for their cash
Kazakhstan tourists are loved abroad for their cash.
03 May 2012
Foreign tourists discontent with public toilets in Kazakhstan
Foreign tourists are unhappy about public toilets in Kazakhstan.
24 April 2012
Almaty to see a new resort with skiing pistes of up to 500 km
Investments into the infrastructure are estimated at $756 million: Minister of Industry and Trade.
21 February 2012
Tourism profits increased in Kazakhstan
The income from tourism made $556 million in 9 months of 2011: Chairman of Kazakhstan Agency on Sport and Physical Culture.
06 February 2012
Over 1 million Kazakhstan tourists visited Kyrgyzstan this year
Kyrgyzstan was visited by 2.1 million tourists. 50 percent of them are from Kazakhstan.
15 December 2011
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
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
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
Share of tourism in Kazakhstan’s GDP equal to that in Germany
In 2010 the figure in Kazakhstan grew to 1.8% from 0.02% in 2000.
02 August 2011
Kazakhstan’s investors in Likani resort failing: Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili
Likani recreational complex, including a Soviet-era sanatorium, was purchased, in April 2006, by the Kazakh state-owned energy company KazMunay Service which promised to develop the area into an international tourism center.
26 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