Technical Assistance Mission for the development of a strengthened system of tourism statistics for Almaty, Kazakhstan

Client: United Nations World Tourism Organization

Country and date of execution: Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2017

Category: Measuring and Training

Project description

In this project, Visit Almaty, an Affiliate Member of the UNWTO, requested advice and training to improve the measurement of tourism at the national and sub-national levels with a focus on the case of Almaty and analysis of the production chain to strengthen development in Almaty.

Thus, the productive chain of the sector in the Almaty region was analyzed, interviews and group meetings with agents of the sector of this rural territory, analysis of resources and current tourist products highlighted by the demand and supply for their development, modification or creation of new options always to strengthen the economic fabric of the territory from a sustainable development of tourism.

We proceeded to review documentation on the starting situation in the collection, processing and publication of tourist statistics throughout the country and in the particular case of Almaty.

And the central axis was to provide training in Astana and Almaty to the Ministry of Tourism, National Institute of Statistics, Central Bank and Ministry of Immigration on measuring tourism at the national and sub-national level.