5 THOUSAND JOBS WILL BE CREATED IN THE SKI RESORT "KASKASU"

At an off-site briefing organized by the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, akim of Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev answered questions from journalists. The head of the region spoke about the current work at the ski resort "Kaskasu", which is carried out in order to develop the tourist potential of the region. Today, it is planned to bring the infrastructure here.

"Taking into account the priority development of domestic and inbound tourism, it is planned to increase the flow of tourists and the number of visitors to 2 million people in 2025. For example, the Kaskasu ski project is planned to be created in the Kaskasu tract of the Tolebi district of the Turkestan region. The project is included in the TOP-50 Maps of Tourism Development of regional significance of the state program for the development of the tourism industry for 2019-2025, " the governor of the region said.

In 2019, the project is included in the Comprehensive Plan of Socio-Economic Development of the Turkestan region until 2024. The cost of the engineering infrastructure of the project -3.6 billion tenge. Currently, work is underway on the implementation of the first stage of the construction project of the "Kaskasu Tourist and Recreation Center" (project implementation period: 2021-2023). The project is expected to create about 5,000 jobs.