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According to the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017, travel and tourism industry GDP in Kazakhstan is $3.08 billion or 1.6 percent of total GDP. The WEF ranks Kazakhstan 81st in its 2017 report, which is four positions higher compared to the previous period. [3] Kazakhstan received 6.5 million tourists in 2016.
Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry.
Airline Image Founded IATA ICAO Callsign Euro-Asia Air: 1997: 5B: EAK: EAKAZ Kazaviaspas: 2003: KZS: SPAKAZ Sky Service (Kazakhstan) 2004: KVR: KAVAIR Sunday Airlines
Almaty Region (Kazakh: Almaty oblysy [ɑɫmɑˈtə ˌwobɫɤˈsə]), formerly known as the Alma-Ata Region until 1993, is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the city of Taldyqorğan .
From 1929 to 1936, the city, then known as Alma-Ata, was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR. [13] From 1936 to 1991, Alma-Ata was the capital of the Kazakh SSR.After Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, the city was renamed Almaty in 1993 and continued as the capital until 1997, when the capital was moved to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and again Astana in 2022).
Third-longest commercial runway in Kazakhstan (the longest is a 14,764-foot (4,500 m) runway, and the second longest is a 14,436-foot (4,400 m) runway, both at Almaty International Airport). The runway is 3,500 metres long, with supporting taxiway systems.
There were many proposals, but the way to create a joint-stock company became decisive. Kazakhstan Business Cooperation Center "Atakent" as a joint stock company with state participation was established by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 688 of August 26, 1992 on the basis of the property complex of the former ...
The history of the park begins with the creation of the Almaty State Reserve in Zailiisky Alatau in 1931. Initially it occupied an area of 15,000 hectares in the valley of Malaya Almatinka river, in 1935, after increasing the area to 40,000 hectares, and then to 856.7 thousand hectares, it became known as Alma-Ata, covering the whole Zailiisky Alatau ridge.