BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 22
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
A total of 837.8 million passengers were transported in Kazakhstan by all means of transport in October 2021, which is 2.3 times more than in October 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
In turn, the volume of passengers transported over ten months of 2021 amounted to 5.7 billion people, which is 24.8 percent less year-on-year compared to 7.6 billion over the same period of last year.
Thus, the majority of the passengers were transported to Kazakhstan’s Almaty city. The number of passengers transported in the city amounted to 239.4 million people in October and 1.6 billion people over ten months of 2021, which is 2.2 times more and 7.1 percent less than during the same period last year, respectively.
Almaty city is followed by the Kostanay region with 71.5 million people transported in October 2021 (an increase of 2.1 times compared to October 2020). The number of passengers transported in the region during the reporting period amounted to 525.3 million people, which compared to 634.9 million during the same period last year, indicates a 17.3-percent decrease.
Karaganda region takes third place country-wide by the passengers transported in October 2021 (70.07 million people, up by 2.7 times). The number of passengers transported in the region over the period from January through October 2021 amounted to 401.3 million, which is 52.6 percent less than during the same period last year (846.5 million people).
The least passenger volume was recorded in the Mangystau region. The transported passenger volume stood at 3.6 million in October 2021, which is 2.6 times more than in October 2020. The volume of passengers transported over the ten months of 2021 was 25.9 million, which is 8.4 percent less year-on-year.
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