Nature of Uyghur district is beneficial for tourism development-Marat Sultangaziyev

Last year, the number of tourists who visited the nature of the Uyghur district amounted to 116 thousand people, the volume of services provided to them reached 538 million tenge. This is 413.6 million tenge more than in 2020. That is, the volume of services provided to tourists increased by 30%. This was announced by Governor of Almaty region Marat Sultangaziyev during a meeting with the population of Uighur district.

In general, there are many places in the district that are of interest to visitors. For example, in 2020-2021, recreation areas were put into operation at the thermal springs "Daria", "comfort", "Zhemchuzhina" and others for a total investment of about one billion tenge. In addition, it is no secret that the caves of Nazugum, on a wooden Lake, are a very picturesque place for tourists.

"The development of a tourist cluster in the Charyn location is based on the potential of the Charyn state National Natural Park, the relict Ash Grove, The Canyon of the Charyn River, thermal springs, these are picturesque places of interest to tourists on the territory of the region," Marat Eleusizovich said.

The governor of the region noted that favorable climatic conditions in the region allow receiving tourists both in winter and in summer, let alone the availability of various tourist resources.

According to him, international tourism has become a "chicken that lays golden eggs."

Currently, there are 170 thermal wells and 55 placement sites on the territory of the Uyghur district. To date, together with the Ministry of Ecology, geology and Natural Resources, an anchor investor "Qazaq Geoqraphy" has been attracted to the Charyn National Park, which plans to implement an investment project for the development of ecotourism in the amount of more than 5 billion tenge.

In this regard, at the end of the meeting, the head of the region instructed his deputy Arslan Dandybayev, the Department of state revenues, the Departments of tourism, energy and housing and communal services, passenger transport and highways, together with the Akim of the district, to take special control over the development of Tourism, timely completion of planned construction and reconstruction facilities, and to keep accurate records of tax revenues from tourism.