The Medeu Visitor Center opened in Almaty on Independence Day
Akim of Almaty Bakhytzhan Sagintayev got acquainted with a new tourist facility created as part of measures to develop sustainable ecotourism.
The project, implemented by a private investor, is a tourist information center with a catering point, a tourist equipment shop and a public bathroom.
In the visit center, you will be able to get all the necessary information about the Ile-Alatau National Park, for this purpose, a Visit Almaty information desk has been installed, consultants are working. Here they will provide data on tourist destinations, trails, contacts of objects on the territory of the National Park and the necessary equipment for safe and comfortable tourism.
“We are happy to open a visit center on such a wonderful holiday as Independence Day. On the way to the dam, we installed 15 benches for vacationers. We also want to equip the pedestrian zone, ”said Sergey Spitsyn, head of LLP "Tau Zhol Shymbulak".
The visit center at the Apline Sports Complex "Medeu" is located on an area with a total area of 208 sq. m. The volume of investments is 100 million tenge with the creation of 50 jobs.
As reported, in order to ensure a safe and comfortable stay in the mountains, a helipad is being built in the Tuyuk-su tract. In addition, 15 mountain rescue huts have been installed at remote junctions of mountain routes with satellite communications and SOS panic buttons.
Two special control and rescue points have been manufactured, which will be installed in the mountainous area with a round-the-clock duty of rescuers of 16 people. A pilot project of a monitoring system for alarm buttons was launched in the Kimasar gorge.
To date, more than 1000 km of mountain hiking trails have been digitized in the mountainous area, of which more than 500 km have been landscaped. All of them are available on the 2Gis and ViewRanger platforms. All the necessary information data have been installed on these routes, including stands with QR codes, where tourists can familiarize themselves with the complexity of the route, its length and travel time.
In addition, in the Big and Small Almaty gorges, it is planned to complete the improvement of mountain routes with a total length of about 179 km by the end of this year. Work is also underway to create 6 camping zones in Gorelnik, Prosveschents, Kyzylsai, Kazachka and on the Lunnaya glade.