Central Bank Chief Suggests to Legalize Marijuana to Boost Tourist Inflow, and of Course He Jokes

AKIPRESS.COM - Chairman of the Central Bank of Kyrgyzstan during the discussion of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Kyrgyzstan until 2040 aired on the national TV channel suggested to develop en effective trademark for the development of tourism sector.

"How to create a tourist heaven in Kyrgyzstan? If you're, for instance, neoliberalists, then think about creation of effective trademark. I know how to bring all the tourists here a legalized marijuana.

That's it. That'll do.

The entire CIS will travel Kyrgyzstan, no empty rooms in hotels will be left. That's a trademark," Tolkunbek Abdygulov jokingly brought an example.

He also reminded of the affordable tourist packages in Turkey, "one can...