Meeting of the Council on Tourism of the CIS member states is held in Cholpon-Ata city.
Head of the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic Maksat Usubaliev, welcoming the participants, noted that this platform creates a unique opportunity to conduct dialogue between the CIS countries for creation of favorable conditions for the tourism industry and the development of the economies of the member countries.
He emphasized that tourism is a key factor in intensifying international cooperation, strengthening friendship and mutual understanding, and cultural mutual enrichment of the peoples of the CIS.
«As the economic benefits derived from tourism become more and more obvious, the need to form a common tourism space of the CIS on the basis of the existing cultural, historical and economic ties of the CIS member states increases,» Maksat Usubaliev said.
According to him, 3.3 million people crossed the border of Kyrgyzstan in the first quarter of 2024. At least 1.6 million people of them are tourists.
He added that more than 8.5 million tourists visited Kyrgyzstan in 2023, the total number of peopel who crossed the border of the Kyrgyz Republic reached 14 million.
