Kazakhstan expects increase of tourist flow ahead of VII Asian Winter Games - President
ANA. October 5. KAZINFORM. /Serik Sabekov/ Kazakhstan expects big tourist flow ahead of the VII Asian Winter Games planned for 2011 in Astana and Almaty. Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has made it public at the 18th session of the UNWTO General Assembly in Astana today.
According to the President, holding of Asian Games will become a powerful incitement for tourism development in our country. He noted that the total income from tourism amounted to KZT 74 billion in 2008 that is by 17% more as compared to 2007.
"Interest in Kazakhstan among foreign tourists is growing. According to the marketing research made by Kazakh tourist firms, about 14 million of tourists from Europe and Asia plan to visit Kazakhstan in the nearest years. The biggest interest in our country is expressed by Germany, Britain, China, Japan and the USA", N. Nazarbayev added.