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Kazakhstan, China improve tourism co-op

18 November 2017 13:50 (UTC+04:00)
Kazakhstan, China improve tourism co-op

By Trend

China opened a representative office of the State Tourism Administration in Kazakhstan within the end of the Year of China Tourism in Kazakhstan, said the Deputy Head of the Main Department of Tourism of China Du Jiang during the Closing Ceremony of the Year of China Tourism in Kazakhstan.

“This is only the beginning of a great cooperation with Kazakhstan in the tourism industry,” said Du Jiang, Kazakh media outlets reported.

The ambassador of China tom Kazakhstan Zhang Hanhui, in turn stressed that this year, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Kazakhstan reached 257,000 people, adding that generally, the tourist flow between the two countries reached 500,000 people, in 2017.

“This is a very big work done by the two countries,” said the Chinese ambassador.

The year of China tourism in Kazakhstan started in April this year during the Kazakhstan international tourist exhibition.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the year 2017 as the Year of China's Tourism in Kazakhstan, signing a joint declaration on further development of the strategic partnership.

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