Minister of Tourism and Sport, deputy of Grand National Assembly of Turkey meet
18:44, 21 May 2009
ASTANA. May 21. KAZINFORM Kazakh Minister of Tourism and Sport Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov has received deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey – head of ?Turkey – Kazakhstan? cooperation group Mehmet Çiçek; Kazinform refers to the Ministry?s press service.
At the meeting the issues of tourism development between the two states were discussed. Mehmet Çiçek proposed a number of projects on attraction of the Turkish tourists to Kazakhstan. First of all, it is religious tourism ? trips to Turkestan, mausoleums of South Kazakhstan.
It is necessary to note that Kazakhstan has experience in organization of cultural and religious tourism. A tourist train on the Silk Road, which passes through Turkmenistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and other countries and regions was launched.
Mehmet Çiçek expressed gratitude to Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov for contribution to development of the Kazakh-Turkish relationships in the tourism sphere. Today the Turkish tourist service is one of the most developed ones, and as the Kazakh Minister stated, Kazakhstan has a lot to learn.