ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 8. Kazakhstan was visited by 834,900 foreign tourists from January through September 2023, Trend reports.
As noted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan, compared to the same period in 2022 (609,800), the increase was 37 percent.
At the same time, the number of local tourists in the country amounted to 5.4 million during the above period, which is 553,000 more than the same period of 2022. This figure also exceeds the pre-pandemic period by 1.3 million (from January through September 2019 - 4.1 million)
Acting Chairman of the Committee of Tourism Industry of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Nurtas Karipbayev noted that tourists from all over the world are showing more interest in Kazakhstan recently.
According to him, by the end of the year, the number of foreign tourists is expected to be at the level of 1.4 million.
Furthermore, 11,046,430 passengers were transported by air in Kazakhstan from January through October 2023, which is 23 percent more than the same period in 2022 (8,931,576).
Simultaneously, 3,511,295 individuals were transferred to international locations. This statistic is 34 percent higher than the same period in 2022 (2,623,025).
Furthermore, 7,535,135 people were transported on internal lines, which is 19 percent more than in the first ten months of 2022 (6,308,551).
