Preliminary data for 2018 showed that more than 8.4 million foreigners visited Kazakhstan, which is 10.2% more, compared to 2017 and an increase of 32% compared to 2015. In 2018, inbound tourism grew by 10% and domestic tourism grew by 5%.
Tourists primarily come from countries like the UAE (50%), India (49%), Malaysia (44%), Hong Kong (22%), Poland (16%), South Korea (15%) and the US (5.8%). There were also tourists from Germany, Great Britain and a number of other countries.
“The state program for the development of tourism consists of six main directions for the formation and promotion of tourist destinations. In the draft state program, we reflected the main provisions of the strategy for promoting the tourism brand of Kazakhstan. The adoption of this document will enable the systematic promotion of Kazakhstan as a new tourist destination on the world tourism map,” said Kuzembayev.
In 2018, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, along with JSC Kazakh Tourism National Company and regional state administrations, picked the most important tourist sites and formed the Tourist Map of Kazakhstan, which included 60 objects and destinations.
