Kyrgyzstan hosts over 3 million foreign tourists

Kyrgyzstan has a unique potential for travel and recreation of visiting tourists.About 7 million foreigners, with more than half of them being tourists, visited Kyrgyzstan in 2018, announced the Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism, the director of the tourism department, Maksat Damir uulu, at a meeting with journalists on April 16.He noted that 6.95 million foreign citizens came to Kyrgyzstan from different countries in 2018.“We can say that about 3 million tourists visited our country. In 2018, tourism exports also increased,” he stressed.The director of the tourism department also said that today, Kyrgyzstan already has developed a five-year program.“In particular, we are talking about promoting the country and developing marketing. This time we will focus on three areas: Lake Issyk-Kul, eco-tourism and winter tourism. We want to develop good routes, hold concerts and sporting events in Issyk-Kul,” added Maksat Damir uulu.