Archive for the ‘Kazakhstan’ Category
Spotlight on Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (Russian: Казахстан) officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Europe. The ninth largest country in the world by land area– 2,727,300 square kilometres (1,053,000 sq mi) and is larger than Western Europe.
May 8, 2012
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Is Ready to Host Discovery Central Asia Travel Forum 2012
By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondeny, Pakistan | April, 2012 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Central Asian government agencies, tourism operators, hotel and catering sector representatives, and education institutions and experts from North America, Europe, South Asia, and whole Central Asia are gathering at the Discovery Central Asia Travel Forum 2012 that will start on April 28, [...]
April 27, 2012
Posted in: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Thanks Borat for Boosting Tourism
Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister thanked the character played in the hit film by Sacah Baron Cohen for boosting tourism, despite the fact Borat is sexist, homophobic and anti-semitic.В ”After this film the number of visas issued to Kazakhstan grew by ten times. This is a big victory for us and I thank Borat for attracting [...]
April 24, 2012
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Dagmar Schreiber of Germany’s Love for Kazakhstan Prompts Good Works in the Area of Ecotourism
by Agha Iqrar Haroon Love for a land other than the one where you was born is not a common phenomenon, but the history of writers is full of examples. In ancient times, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and HsГјan-tsang are popular for their love for the Silk Road and their devotion and love for Central [...]
October 20, 2011
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The Kazakhstan Tourism Association (KTA) and Ecotourism Resource and Information Centre Join The Region Initiative (TRI)
The Kazakhstan Tourism Association (KTA) and the Ecotourism Resource and Information Centre have joined The Region Initiative (TRI). Both organisations are of the oldest in Kazakhstan and deal purely with Community Based Tourism Development and Ecotourism.В Kazakhstan is all about the greatness of the mountain peaks, sparkling glaciers, mysteriousness of the deserts, giant rocky canyons, emerald [...]
October 14, 2011
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Ecotourism is calling on Kazakhstan
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN | Oct 26, 2009 Dagmar Schreiber, a German living in Kazakhstan, has devoted the last 20 years of her life to helping rural villages in Kazakhstan to explore opportunities in tourism. Currently, the government does not provide much support for tourism in rural areas, because this does not fit into its [...]
October 26, 2009
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