Kazakhstan to increase number of flights to Turkistan to boost local tourism
Local authorities are set to draft a comprehensive plan of development of Turkistan city’s tourism sector, Kaznform News Agency quotes Vice Minister of Tourism and Sport Yerzhan Yerkinbayev as saying at the Senate’s plenary session today.
In his words, lack of international and domestic flights became one of the factors hindering development of tourism in Turkistan.
He said that compared to 2023, the number of foreign tourists doubled in 2024. The authorities plan to add 16 new planes to the country's aircraft fleet to boost tourism.
"Together with the Ministry of Transport, we are working on increasing the number of flights to Turkistan," Nyssanbayev noted.
“Given the special status of Turkistan, we agreed to compile and approve a separate plan for the city’s tourism sector development,” the Vice Minister said.
Senate deputies have approved today the law “On special status of Turkistan city.”