Archive: January 15th, 2010
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.
Traditional crafts form an essential and integral part of all cultures. In Central Asia there are many different forms of handicraft which are found both throughout the region as a whole, and others which are distinctive to one particular nationality or group.
The collapse of the Soviet Union caused economic and social crisis for many people. Elderly people were among the most heavily affected. Many of them were abandoned by their children who emigrated to seek employment abroad, or did not have children. Vulnerable, lonely people could not make ends meet and to pay for their rent, [...]
One of the podcasts I download each week is “From our own Correspondent” from the BBC. Their reporters based in different countries around the world prepare short background essays on events and life in the places where they are stationed and these are then compiled into a broadcast. As their webpage describes the programme, it [...]
