Almost ten million foreign tourists visited Kazakhstan in 2023
Nearly 9.6 million foreign tourists visited Kazakhstan last year, two times more than the previous year, said Nurtas Karipbayev, chairman of the Tourism Industry Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Tourism and Sports, at a June 6 briefing at the Central Communications Service.
The number of Kazakh citizens traveling within the country increased by one million last year, reaching a total of 9.6 million people.
“Last year, tax revenues to the budget from the tourism industry totaled 450 billion tenge (US$1 billion), 64 billion tenge (US$143.4 million) more than in 2022,” said Karipbayev.(Source:astanatime)
He stated that Kazakhstan is directing its efforts towards enhancing the investment opportunities within the tourism sector.
In the past year, Kazakhstan saw the inauguration of 117 new tourist destinations, with a total value of 57 billion tenge (US$127.7 million). Currently, around 300 investment initiatives, valued at 430 billion tenge (US$963.7 million), are in progress, expected to provide employment for over 7,600 individuals.
By the conclusion of this year, it is anticipated that 148 projects, valued at 246 billion tenge (US$551.3 million), will have been completed.
