Archive sections: ‘Tourism’
There has been a big change over the years in the questions I get asked about my being here in Kyrgyzstan. The main question that I used to be asked was how I came to end up here, in small, remote, country, so far from home. In recent times, however, the question I seem to [...]
The events in Bishkek on April 7th were dramatic and tragic. Over eighty people died in protests against the existing government which basically fell from office and were replaced by an interim government headed by former Foreign Minister Roza Atunbaeva. The President left the city to emerge later in his home village not far from [...]
I have referred before to the fact that “the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley …”, and this postcard is just another example of how right Robert Burns was when he made this sharp observation.
Last year, 2009, those of us working in Tourism spent a lot of time lobbying the powers that be about a new draft law “On Tourism“. It all began with a quiet announcement in the press to the effect that a new draft law “On Tourism” had passed its first reading in the Jogorku Kenesh, [...]
Apart from the Maevka incident, which was widely reported here and in Russia, but received only limited coverage in the West as far as I can tell – presumably because there was so much else going on in the world: elections, volcanic eruptions, sports matches and the like – everything is fairly quiet here. The [...]
The Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association “Hospitality Kyrgyzstan” (KCBTA), is the country’s driving force behind CBT best practices and innovation in the country. The association’s objective is to improve living conditions in remote mountain regions by developing a sustainable and wholesome ecotourism model that utilizes local natural and recreational resources.
The “tourist season” in Kyrgyzstan is traditionally in the summer months – from mid-June to mid-September. This is when most people visit – especially those from the countries of the former Soviet Union who spend their holidays on the shores of Lake Issyk Kul. The days are warm – indeed they can be hot – [...]
As any student of tourism knows, there are several analyses which define different types of activity in the tourism market, and the most obvious, and basic, differentiation is: Inbound, Outbound and Domestic. This classification was adopted by the United Nations in 1994 in its “Recommendations for Tourism Statistics”.
We got some bad news recently … one of our clients has passed away – or perhaps I should say, one of our former clients has passed away. Although it is always possible, (and it is one of my recurring nightmares), to date we have never “lost” a client on one of our tours or [...]
“How’s Business?” That may be an innocent question … but it is one that has taken on more sinister overtones this year. For several years the number of tourists visiting Kyrgyzstan have maintained an upward trend, but what effect has the Global Financial Crisis had on tourism in Kyrgyzstan? That’s not an easy question to [...]
