DM Monitoring
Bishkek: For a country with a high population density, tourism is an important means of recreation and a promising area of cooperation. Tourism has always been ranked among the main sectoral aspects of economic activity. Back in the early 90s, the authorities tried to brand Kyrgyzstan from a tourist point of view, but slogans alone were not enough.
Expert in the sphere of tourism Victoria Kim said that tourism, like everything else, loves investments. “If you want a real exhaust from this sphere, then you have to invest a lot. Otherwise, everything will be reduced to banal slogans. You see, the world has changed and there are not enough beautiful places for a modern tourist to take photos for Instagram. For the most part, in many tourist places of Kyrgyzstan, infrastructure is not at all developed, there are almost Spartan living conditions, if there are roads, they are in a deplorable state. All this needs to be corrected as a whole, if we want the tourism industry to become an effective tool in the economy of Kyrgyzstan,” she added.
Continuing the started topic, it is worth noting that this week Acting Prime Minister, First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov held a meeting on the development of the tourism sector.
Artem Novikov noted that a situation with coronavirus infection affected the country’s economy and caused great damage to it, especially in the tourism sector.
“Many tourism facilities in the regions were built exclusively with credit funds. Today, representatives of small and medium-sized businesses are having difficulties due to the suspension of economic activity. They go through supporting the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
Acting prime minister focused on the need to develop domestic tourism, so that in addition to the Issyk-Kul Oblast, other regions that have their own natural, historical and cultural attractions that are interesting to potential tourists could develop in the tourism aspect.
“The past year must be recognized as a disastrous one for the tourism industry in many countries of the world.
Although the share of tourism in Kyrgyzstan is scanty in comparison with tourist centers such as the countries of southern Europe, southern Asia, island states and so on, but we also did not receive a lot of funds.
