A new bullet train will connect Kazakh city of Turkistan and Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent. This will make Turkistan a major tourist center not only of Kazakhstan, but also of the entire Central Asia. This was announced at a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, organized by the Kazakh Embassy and the governor’s office of Turkistan region. Major players in Turkey’s tourism sector expressed a desire to invest in several projects of the comprehensively developing city. Businesspeople of Uzbekistan have previously invested in such large projects as Turkistan International Airport and the “Keruen sarai” tourist complex.
“Representatives of several travel companies and airlines attended the meeting from our side. Thus, by concluding agreements with travel companies of Turkey, we intend to attract foreign tourists to Turkistan region,” said Nurdaulet Medeuov, Head of Tourism Management Department of Turkistan Region.
Translation by Saniya Sakenova
Editing by Galiya Khassenkhanova
