Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkey to establish common tourist project

10:58, 18 September 2014

BAKU. KAZINFORM - Baku, with the financial support of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (COMCEC), as well as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, has held a seminar in the framework of international archaeological tourism project called "Cities of the common cultural heritage."

The project provides for studying of cultural and archaeological tourism potential, identifying regions with similar cultural heritage in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkey. It is planned to create a joint tourist project which will bring together these countries.

The project's goal is to achieve sustainable tourism development within COMCEC, to strengthen cooperation between public and private sectors in the field of tourism and attract more tourists to the region.

Kazakhstan was represented by the director of the State Historical and Cultural Museum Preserve "Azret Sultan" Maulen Sadykbek, as well as reps of travel agencies from Almaty.

Opening the event, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Nazim Samedov spoke about the work that is carried out in Azerbaijan for tourism development. He noted that Azerbaijan in a short time took its rightful place in the global tourism market as a country with an ancient historical and cultural heritage.

The event also held a presentation of the historical and cultural similarity of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkey.

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