This was facilitated by the transition to a mutual visa-free regime and the launch of direct flights between countries.
In addition to citizens of Сhina, citizens of Turkey, India and the United States are increasingly coming to our country. The influx of tourists from neighboring countries is also constantly increasing: Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The Ministry of Tourism hopes that this year there will be even more foreign guests. To attract them, more than 500 million tenge were allocated, and the tourist tax was also cancelled.
“Kazakhstan is interesting to tourists for its landscapes, cultural riches, cultural heritage. Foreigners prefer to visit our main cities - Astana, Almaty, Shymkent, as well as the Turkestan and Atyrau regions. Trends are in the field of natural tourism, ecotourism is now developing. And tourists themselves place emphasis on this “They want to walk in national parks, take part in hikes,” said Alisher Tursyn, representative of Kazakh Tourism NC JSC.