tourism
Now Kyrgyzstan has a new Fund to support tourism development with authorised capital of 12 million dollars, which announced 34 new tourism projects. However, most representatives of the tourism market have not participated in the discussion of new projects and are still not aware of the innovations. (more…)
Central Asian countries are currently trying to recover their tourism economies. Just like in the rest of the world, this industry in the region was affected one of the first and more than others. (more…)
The tour operators in Tajikistan assess the summer season’s results as disastrous and predict the situation’s aggravation.
Due to coronavirus pandemic, businesses cannot rely on foreign visitors this year. And the flow of domestic tourists is rather small.
Coronavirus pandemic has given a surprising opportunity for the development and strengthening of domestic tourism. But whether Kazakhstanis will go on vacation within the country after its end mainly depends on business restructuring.
The world has yet to assess the damage from the economic crisis that erupted during the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, its destructive consequences appear already, and the tourism industry was the first to experience them. This podcast episode reveals how tourism in Tajikistan was affected and whether the damage to this sector of the country’s economy can be reduced. (more…)
The industry will seemingly fail to earn 700 million dollars as was planned. Workers in this sphere hope at least to cover current expenses by means of domestic tourists. If the latter have spare money for tourism. (more…)
Back in 2016 in Tajikistan, in order to develop tourism, the authorities introduced a new type of service – electronic visa (E-Visa). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan believed that it would simplify visa obtaining process for foreigners. However, travel companies and some tourists complain that these visas are difficult to obtain.
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70 per cent of Kazakhstanis prefer to relax abroad rather than go to domestic health resorts. This is cheaper, more comfortable and affordable.
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For further development of tourism sector, we need to transit from quantity to quality by switching to a higher paid market, according to experts of both countries.
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