BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 27. Kazakhstan registered a threefold increase in the volume of incoming foreign tourists visiting the country in 2022, Askhat Oralov, Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, said, Trend reports, citing the press service of the Committee of Tourism of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan.
The number of incoming foreign tourists amounted to 610,000 people during the previous year.
This constitutes a significant increase, compared to the 330,000 visitors registered in 2021.
The positive dynamic exhibited by the tourism industry made an impact on the export of services, which increased to $1.3 billion, which equaled $395 million a year prior.
The minister added that currently, Kazakhstan is working on implementing measures to improve the tourism infrastructure.
Previously, Kazakhstan imposed a lodging tax to provide an additional source of financing for the construction and modernization of infrastructure. The government officials stated that this measure will attract around 2.5 billion Kazakh tenge ($5.4 million), which will be later reinvested into the development of the regional tourism infrastructure.