Representatives of the tourism industry gave recommendations for its further development. UNDP reported.
According to the organization, the results of the work on strengthening the adventure tourism value chain implemented within the Aid for Trade project have been summed up in Bishkek. It was noted that tourism plays an important role in women’s economic empowerment and contributes to infrastructure development, which in its turn has a positive impact on other sectors of the economy.
As a result of the roundtable discussions, the following practical recommendations have been developed and presented:
- To transfer to an electronic system for citizens and tourists to apply for border passes, registration and other public services;
- To improve public-private partnership system;
- To attract international air companies to cooperate with the Kyrgyz Republic;
- To improve communication between value chains, public sector, business, NGOs, service providers;
- To improve the infrastructure and support MSMEs through the provision of low-interest loans and grants.
Recommendations for the education block:
- To train university students on more practical tourism topics (mountain and adventure tourism, active tourism, cultural tourism, etc.);
- To conduct internships with tour operators and introduce a mentorship programme in tourism;
- To conduct practical trainings for value chain actors, such as master classes, experience exchange and adaptation of successful cases (financial literacy, English, security, etc.);
- To use digital solutions (online, offline) for training;
- To teach children and young people to respect nature, through participatory activities.
Environmental block:
- Increasing the eco-culture and eco-responsibility among the population;
- Special treatment of tours that are located in specially protected areas;
- Involvement of rangers and nature park workers in tourism services;
- Management of seasonality by creating new tour products.
