Entries with the tag: ‘CBT’
One of my biggest regrets about life here in Bishkek, is that I am too often bound to my desk and don’t get the oppotunity to get “out and about” as much as I would like. Once a month, of course, I go up to visit our guesthouse in Naryn and I like […]
For several years now, some of the CBT, (Community Based Tourism), groups around the country have organized during the height of the Summer season, (July and August), small festivals in their own neighbourhoods. They have proved to be popular with tourists and locals alike, but are rarely crowded events so there is a good chance for people to get […]
For those of us involved in tourism, we used to understand the acronym as World Tourism Organization – a UN agency which brought together the members of the United Nations to consider issues relating to one of the World’s major industries … but a few years ago we had to get used to a new […]
I am sometimes embarrassed by the fact that, although I have lived here for some fifteen years, I still can’t speak Kyrgyz. My excuse is that I don’t get the practice … I live in Bishkek, in the North of the country, where everyone speaks Russian, or they want practice speaking in English. That’s not […]
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.
I’m used to being “a bit of an oddity” here in Kyrgyzstan … one of a small number of foreigners to make their home in this little known country in the heart of the Eurasian landmass. I get asked question all the time … and I’m often asked to give interviews about my experiences and […]
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