Tourism in Kazakhstan: Prospects for development in modern conditions

Abstract

Today tourism is the most dynamically developing branch of the world economy, which determines the interest in this industry, both from a scientific and practical point of view. Tourists are potential consumers who have a variety of desires and needs depending on the purpose of their trip. The hospitality and tourism industries are generally regarded as one of the key drivers of national and regional economic development. And if we talk about the place of Kazakhstan in the rankings of world tourism, then, as the results of research by experts from the World Economic Forum in Davos in recent years show, Kazakhstan's tourism is firmly in the 80-90s, and even lower in the development of various types of infrastructure. Moreover, despite the abundance of various programs to improve the tourism industry over 30 years of independence, there is still no fundamental improvement in this area. The proposed article is devoted to the prospects for the development of tourism in Kazakhstan in the coming years on the basis of the developed draft state program for the development of domestic and inbound tourism of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The author notes that among the directions of the economy, a special place belongs to the development of the tourism industry as a highly profitable one, which is an urgent problem.