Adventure tourism

Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Republic
TALAS
KARA-BALTA
BISHKEK
BALYKCHY
KAZAKHSTAN
KARAKOL
NARYN
UZBEKISTAN
JALAL-ABAD
OSH
TAJIKISTAN
CHINA
Kyrgyz Republic
• Area –
199,900 km2
• Population -
5 million
• Languages: state - Kyrgyz
official - Russian
• Capital -
Bishkek
• Head of the state -
President
• National currency -
Som (hard currency)
Priority areas of the tourism industry
in Kyrgyzstan:
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Resort-recreation tourism
Adventure tourism
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Ecological tourism
Business tourism
Number of foreign tourists by the
purpose of the trip (in percent)
64%
29%
business
3% 4%
leisure, recreation and rest
treatment
others
Resort-recreation tourism
• Resort-recreation zones - 14
• Guest houses and houses of rest - 327
• Sanatoriums and resorts - 83
Resort-recreation tourism
Resort-recreation tourism
Resort-recreation tourism
Resort-recreation tourism
Adventure tourism
• Alpine tourist centers – 19
• Camping-sites – 4
• Alpine tourist zones - 51
Adventure tourism
• In June 2003 the 12th Final of
“Raid
Gauloises”
World
championship on multi-sports was
held in Kyrgyzstan
• 39 teams from 18 countries have
taken part in this championship
Adventure tourism
• Pobeda peak – 7 439 m
• Lenin’s peak – 7 134 m
• Khan Tengri peak – 7 010 m
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Adventure tourism
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Tourism on the Great Silk Road
Ecological tourism
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National Parks – 8
Preserves – 6
Biosphere Areas - 3
Special Nature Reserves - 53
Natural Parks – 6
Ecological tourism
Ecological tourism
Ecological tourism
Business tourism
Tourist arrivels on the purpuses of
business
(thousand people)
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
28,2
24,6
2000
2001
Business tourism
Business tourism
Business tourism
Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Conception of Tourism Development in
the Kyrgyz Republic up to 2010
• State Program of Tourism Development
in the Kyrgyz Republic up 2010
Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Tourism rules in the Kyrgyz Republic
are set forth in the Law of the Kyrgyz
Republic "On tourism" (25 March, 1999
No 34)
• Since 2001 licensing of tourist activity
was abolished
Share of tourism in GDP
(in percent)
5
4,2
4
3
2
2
2,1
1997 г.
1998 г.
2,5
2,9
1999 г.
2000 г.
4,3
1
0
2001 г.
2002 г.
Tourist arrivals (thousand people)
139,6
120
100
80
60
98,6
87,4
58,8
59,4
48,3
40
20
0
1997 г. 1998 г. 1999 г. 2000 г. 2001 г. 2002 г.
Tourism revenues (million US dollars)
35,7
40
24,4
30
20
10
7,1
8,4
14,1
15,3
0
1997 г. 1998 г. 1999 г. 2000 г. 2001 г. 2002 г.
The taxation in the sphere of tourism is
regulated by the Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic
(June 26, 1996 No. 25)
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Income tax
Value added tax (VAT)
Profit tax
Land tax
Local taxes and fees
Visa procedure
• The visa is generally required except CIS
countries (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
are not included)
• The visa is not required for visitors from
Turkey, China, Malaysia, Japan and the
owners of the diplomatic passports from
the industrially developed countries
Visa procedure
• In countries, where there is no foreign
representative office of the Kyrgyz
Republic, the diplomatic representative
offices and consular institutions of the
Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian
Federation will provide the services
Visa procedure
• The list of 28 states, the citizens of
which have a right to get visa on the
basis of personal applications for the
term of up to one month with no
registration in the bodies of the Internal
Affairs was approved by the Decree of
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
(No 213, April 15, 2003)
Visa procedure
• The simplified registration system of the
foreign citizens is in effect. There were
implemented the Certificates, on the
basis of which the registration is made
by hotels and inviting organizations
Foreign Direct Investments
Promotion
• The foreign investments are regulated
by Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On
Investments in the Kyrgyz Republic”
No 66, March 27, 2003
• The State Program for support and
attraction of foreign investments
Foreign Direct Investments
Promotion
• Liberal Investments Regime
• Access to all sectors of economy for the
foreign investments
• Protection of the investments
• Protection against nationalization and
further changes of the legislation
• National treatment
• Lack of requirement for local participation
• Unlimited profit repatriation
Earnings of direct foreign investments in
the tourism sector (thousand US dollars)
16000
14338
14145,8
14000
12000
9375,3
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
1204,7
0
1999 г.
2000 г.
2001г.
2002 г.
The proportion of earnings from direct foreign
investments in tourism sector from CIS countries
and from foreign countries (thousand US dollars)
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
из
стран
СНГ
CIS
countries
из
стран
вне СНГ
Other
countries
1999 г.
2000 г.
2001 г.
2002 г.
45
69,1
985,4
1924,8
1159,7
14268,9
8389,9
10857,9
International airport “MANAS”
Hotel «Hyatt Regency Bishkek»
Reconstruction of “Bishkek-Osh” highway
Hotel «Pinara-Bishkek»
Privatization
• The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On
Denationalization and Privatization of
the State Property in the Kyrgyz
Republic” (12 January, 1998 No 1385XII)
• The Program of the State Property
Privatization in the Kyrgyz Republic
during 2001-2003 years
Number of Resorts and Sanatoriums,
privatized from 1997 to 2003:
19
20
17
18
16
14
15
15
2002 г.
2003 г.
11
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
2
0
1997 г.
1998 г
1999 г.
2000 г.
2001 г.
The privatization is conducted by a
method of:
• Auction
• Commercial tender
• Direct sale
The basic conditions of commercial
competition are:
• The offered bids for the object
• Volume of investment
• Preservation of entity’s activities profile
• Preservation of optimal amount of
working places
• Environment protection measures
Kyrgyz Republic
Land of the Tien Shan