In 2013, Astana was visited by 100,000 foreign tourists – N.Nazarbayev
12:13, 25 April 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - In 2013, Astana was visited by 100,000 foreign tourists, this has been announced by President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the meeting on the further development of the capital in "Astana Opera" theater.
"Last year in Astana one million one hundred thousand square meters of housing were commissioned. Four schools, eight kindergartens, an outpatient polyclinic started operation in the capital in 2013. The city is becoming a major cultural, sports, shopping, and tourist center", said the President. According to the Head of State, in 2013 Astana was visited by more than one million tourists, one hundred thousand of whom came from abroad.