KYRGYZSTAN · • Sustainable tourism development is a network of CBT private guest houses throughout the country • Development of active mountain tourism for local population -

An oasis on the Great Silk Road

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Anvar Yussupov, ATOCAlmaty, 2016.

• Attractiveness of the country lies in its intact nature and nomadic culture of itspeople living in the mountains

• Visa-free regime for 60 days for 44 countries

• Sustainable tourism development is a network of CBT private guest housesthroughout the country

• Development of active mountain tourism for local population - TUK

• Development of a new type of tourism for all of Central Asia - Rural tourism

• Hospitality of the country to tourism inflow from neighbouring countries orthrough neighbouring countries

• Multipolarity of tourism types - cultural tourism and tours, trekking, horseriding, etc.

• Various international projects for tourism development and promotionKyr

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Strong points of tourism development in Kyrgyzstan

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View from the heights to the Son-Kul Lake

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A young narrator of the Manas epic

• Weak recognizability of Kyrgyzstan in the world as a tourist destination

• General investment environment

• State policy in tourism development and promotion within the previous years

• Activities for public-private partnership (PPP)

• Underdeveloped tourist infrastructure around Issyk-Kul Lake

• Lack of experienced personnel trained in the field of tourism

• Political events in 2005 and 2010

• Lack of common understanding and clear agreements on the arrangementand laying of cross-border routes both at the private sector level and at theState level

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Weak spots for tourism development in Kyrgyzstan

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Rural tourism - tourists in a cotton field

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Hospitality of the local population

• A new brand "II World Nomad Games" in Kyrgyzstan or "EXPO Astana 2017"in Kazakhstan - recognizability and attractiveness of the country

• Participation in the UNWTO program "Tourism development in the countries ofthe Great Silk Road"

• Joint promotion of the region as a whole both at the level of private businesspartnerships among neighbouring countries, and at the State level

• Political stability and safety in all countries of the Central Asian region.

• Opening borders to implement business activities for the EAEU member states

• Creation, promotion, and operation of the Central Asian Travel Association

• Creation and promotion of a single tourist brand and product by all countries

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Opportunities to improve tourism development

Favorable geographical and economic location

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Beneficial joint cooperation

A single brand - "5 STATURES":

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Welcome to Kyrgyzstan!

Thank you for attention!