Up to 130 thousand foreigners opted for Almaty to rest
To develop the tourist potential of the city, development of a master plan of mountain tourism of Almaty agglomeration, including the Medeu, Shymbulak, Almatau and the Butakov River Valley, has started.
In Almaty, over the last three years the number of foreigners visiting Almaty increased by 14%. Only in the beginning of the year the city has been visited by more than 130 thousand foreigners, the press service of the Mayor’s Office reports.
Mayor of Almaty Baurzhan Baibek held an expanded meeting on the implementation of the city’s programme ‘100 steps for tourism development’ with the participation of the leading travel agencies.
Over the last three years, the number of foreigners visiting Almaty increased by 14%. Only in the 1st quarter Almaty has been visited by more than 130 thousand people from South Korea, India, Russia, China, Turkey, the USA and Germany. And about 80% of tourist inflow make visits only in other three quarters.
Deputy Mayor of Almaty Assel Zhunusova told that the active inflow of tourists was because of holding of the international exhibition EXPO-2017, the World Universiade, the OECD Eurasian week, as well as international music and sport festivals such as Star of Asia, The Spirit of Tengri, Uly dala oiyndary (Games of the Great Steppe), Almaty Marathon and Tour of Almaty.
As of today, 87% of the city’s economy is the share of services, however, the share of tourism of Almaty’s GDP is mere 1.5%. To develop the tourist potential of the city, development of a master plan of mountain tourism of Almaty agglomeration, including the Medeu, Shymbulak, Almatau and the Butakov River Valley, has started. This year it is planned to complete the constriction of such world-class hotels as Kempinski and Novotel. Until the end of the year, a regional hub of the UN for 14 international agencies will be launched. Following the experience of Paris, Istanbul and Bangkok we are well aware of this action increases the inflow of tourists, as well as popularity of the city at the international level," she said.
According to her, more and more tourists opt for travelling on their own when the person by the means of special web-platforms schedules his travel.
The increase of interest to Almaty as a destination at theTripAdvisor world platform is observed, in which the number of views of the city has increased from 465 to 66 824 requests. Mostly, it is visited by citizens of the USA, Russia, Great Britain, India and Germany," she added.
Deputy Mayor of Almaty Murat Daribayev reported on the work being held to modernize the transport hubs as the main tourist ‘gates’ to enter the city. From the next month, all intercity and international travels will run only from the bus station Sairan. The work to reconstruct the building, improving the adjacent area and to modernize the transport and logistics infrastructure is being held.
To dismount all illegal constructions. Reconstruction works of facades of the building will start, as well as reorganization of the zone for taxies and expansion of international travels. The issue of organizing a local tourist centre where the city travel agencies that work with far and near abroad is being worked out. Talks with international brans to locate catering points in a building of the bus station are held," said Murat Daribayev.
At the meeting, Director of the Kazakh Tourist Association Rashida Shaikenova has also raised the issue of legality of paying for taking photos and videos within Ile Alatau National Park.
Director General of the Park Damir Malgeldiyev responded that payment is overseen only when photos and videos are taken for commercial purposes. In case the inspector insists on payment, it is necessary to address to the Administration Office to take measures. The Directorate has developed a concept of further development of Ile-Alatau National Park that will be considered in detail by representatives of the city’s Public Council.
Source: BNews.kz
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