Archive sections: ‘Tourism’
Amongst the many emails we receive are a huge number of spam and scam (spoof, “phishing”, variations on the so-called Nigerian scam) messages. There are are also newsletters, personal correspondence, … and, of course, requests for information.
This was written in 2006 to mark the end of the first year of the “Destination Marketing Association”, “Kyrgyz Tourism” – a form of Tourism Promotion Board. It may seem strange to talk about putting a country “on the map”, but it is often said that one of the biggest problems facing the development of [...]
This was written in 2006 because there were many people who worked in Tourism in Kyrgyzstan who felt that we didn’t need a Tourism Promotion Board … they argued that the same task had been fulfilled for many years by another of the Associations – The Kyrgyz Association of Tour Operators (KATO). I was asked, [...]
I am a British citizen, currently living and working in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, where I am the Director of two companies: one is a tour company and the other operates a hotel. At the end of 2005, I was elected President of the Kyrgyz Association of Tour Operators.
I was asked to write a short “PR piece” about the company for a newsletter … and I wasn’t sure what to write. I wanted to do something a little different and instead of simply writing about the company, I wanted it to be something which highlighted the attractions of Kyrgyzstan as well as something particular about the [...]
«Vesegda Gotov!» = “Always Prepared” The motto of the Boy Scout and his Soviet equivalent, the Pioneer, is a worthy aim. We should always be prepared … for whatever fate has to throw at us. In English we have another phrase is just as meaningful: “Preparation is half the battle” … and is true for [...]
When the subject of tourism is discussed in Kyrgyzstan, it usually revolves around the subject of Lake Issyk Kul – the “Pearl of the Tien Shan”. This should not be surprising, because Issyk Kul has long been a center for tourism in the Republic. Long ago, in the days of the Soviet Union, many visitors [...]
A former British Prime Minister is credited with the above quote … and I often sympathize with him. I used to be a Maths teacher … and so figures don’t frighten me as much as they do many other people … but how people use figures does worry me. There is something about figures that [...]
Tourism is recognized as an important sector of the Kyrgyz economy. The government of the Kyrgyz Republic has declared it as a priority in their plans for the economic development of the country.
“Will the tourism industry in the Kyrgyz Republic succeed like the legendary phoenix in rising from the ashes?“ Part of my job is to anticipate problems … and then find solutions to them. Sometimes those problems never actually materialize and it seems as if I have wasted so much nervous energy worrying about nothing. But sometimes …
