News about tourism
Foreign tourists discontent with public toilets in Kazakhstan
Foreign tourists are unhappy about public toilets in Kazakhstan.
24 April 2012 17:38
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 13:14
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 10:58
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 16:40
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 10:46
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 12:02
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 10:36
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 00:40
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 05:16
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 14:46
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 18:00
Autobahn to be built from Almaty to Kapshagai
Nursultan Nazarbayev gave instructions on tourism development in Almaty.
13 May 2011 17:01