Over 8.4 Million Tourists Visited Kazakhstan in 2018

AKIPRESS.COM - 8,488,300 foreigners visited Kazakhstan in 2018 or 10.2% more than in 2017, Chairman of the Board of Kazakh Tourism JSC Rashid Kuzembayev said.

Tourists came from such countries as the UAE (50%), India (49%), Malaysia (44%), Hong Kong (22%), Poland (16%), South Korea (15%) and the US (5.8%).President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Growing Welfare of the Kazakh Citizens: Increase in Incomes and Quality of Life state program consists of six main directions for tourist development.

"The national company, Kazakh Tourism, will become a country brand manager who will receive the appropriate resources and authority. At the same time, we believe that the process of advancement should involve all interested parties, such as the ministries of culture and sports, foreign affairs, information and communications, local executive bodies, Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, business and the public.

Thus, we will create a real basis, a strong foundation for...