The Kazakh Ministry of Tourism and Sports has announced that revenue generated by Kazakhstan’s hotels, recreation centres, guest houses, hostels and other accommodation facilities exceeded $104 million in the first quarter of 2024, an 18% increase compared to the same period in 2023.
Between January-March, Kazakhstan opened 156 new accommodation facilities, bringing the total to 4,004 and increasing capacity by 7 thousand beds, to 207 thousand beds.
During this period, most tourists stayed in the cities of Almaty, Shymkent, and Astana, and in the regions of Almaty, Akmola, and Mangistau.
Hailing the increase in hotels and other types of accommodation a demonstration of the growing interest in Kazakhstan as a tourist destination, Nurtas Karipbaev, Chairman of the Tourism Industry Committee stated, “We continue developing the tourism infrastructure and improving the quality of services to make the stay of our guests as comfortable as possible.”
At a government meeting on the development of the country’s tourism industry last month, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev named the mountain cluster of the Almaty region, Caspian Sea beaches in the Mangistau region, and the Shchuchinsk-Borovoye resort in the Akmola region, the most promising destinations for tourism in Kazakhstan.
The president added that the city of Almaty, the main centre for tourism development in Kazakhstan, accounts for a quarter of the total tourist flow, including half of the country’s foreign tourists.
