Postcard from Bishkek

May Day, (International Labour Day), is a holiday in over 80 countries around the world, including Kyrgyzstan which inherited the holiday from the former Soviet Union.  In many other countries where it is not a holiday it is still commemorated by socialist organizations and trade unions.

I received an email last weekend from the local television programme, “Open Kyrgyzstan“.  It’s a discussion programme which   tackles a variety of social, economic and politic topics and they have several times in the past considered questions about the development of Tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic. As we approach the start of the tourist […]