Globalism is changing the way of thinking
By Giorgio Fiacconi - TCA Publisher
BISHKEK (TCA). We will not hesitate to indicate the globalization as one of the greatest efforts of the year 2001. Not just in the world economy and the critic to it, but also in terms of war and peace. Ascendant globalism is changing the way of thinking of people. Suddenly we did realise that to fight a war or the poverty we need a global cooperation, communication and dialogue. Read more  

The Witness of Kyrgyzstan`s Past Glory
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK (TCA). Kyrgyzstan has a few important historical and architectural monuments - the architectural ensemble in Urgench, caravanserai Tash-Rabat, and Burana Tower.    Read more 

Chimbulak - a Ski Mecca in Kazakhstan
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK (TCA). The most comfortable ski resorts in southern Kazakhstan are world-famous Medeo and Chimbulak ski bases located in Tian Shan Mountains. These are the best winter sport facilities in this Central Asian country   Read more 

Osh - Kyrgyzstan`s Most Ancient City
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK (TCA). The southern Kyrgyz city of Osh is one of the oldest in Central Asia. Today, it is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, after the capital Bishkek, and has 230,000 residents.    Read more 

Travelling around Almaty
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK (TCA). Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and has many different climatic zones and various types of terrain.    Read more 

Tourism Industry

BISHKEK. It is clear that tourism in Kyrgyzstan will continue to grow if general political stability continues in Central Asia. In many ways the crucial developments have already taken place. The private sector is flourishing and is optimistic about the future.    Read more 

Winter - High Time for Mountain Skiing
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK (TCA). The best time for traveling in Central Asia is from May through to October. During the rest of the year, snow makes many interesting places practically inaccessible. However, the winter also offers travelers some pleasures.    Read more 

What Hinders Tourism Development in Kazakhstan?
By Adil Dzhalilov*
ALMATY (TCA) ? All efforts to create an attractive tourist image for Kazakhstan come to naught due to the imperfect tourism legislation and inadequate policy of the law enforcement agencies, said representatives of the Kazakhstan Tourist Association (KTA) and the Kazakhstan Hotel and Restaurant Association (KHRA) at a news conference at the National Press Club.    Read more 

Kazakh Seaside Resorts
By Alexey Schetnikov
BISHKEK (TCA) - In the near future Kazakhstan may have its own seaside resorts, as good as the famous Turkish resorts on the southern coast of the Black Sea. The area is the Mangyshlak Peninsula on the Caspian Sea.    Read more 

Sacred Mausoleums in Central Asia
By Alexey Schetnikov
BISHKEK (TCA) - Throughout its long history, Central Asia has seen many great conquerers and bloody wars. This region saw Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane - rulers who not only destroyed but also founded new cities (like Osh in Kyrgyzstan and Merv in Turkmenistan).    Read more 

Some Results of the 2001 Tourist Season in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA). The declaration of 2001 as the Year of Tourism by President Askar Akayev has given a new impetus for developing the tourist industry in Kyrgyzstan. Here are excerpts from an interview of Jolochu Ismailov, director of Solnechny Bereg resort at Lake Issyk-Kul, with the Slovo Kyrgyzstan newspaper in which he told about the results of the past summer season.    Read more 

Chimgan - A Tourist Mecca in Uzbekistan
By Alexey Schetnikov
TASHKENT. (TCA) There is no doubt that the main tourist attractions of Uzbekistan are its ancient cities famous for its rich history and magnificent architectural monuments - Bukhara, Khiva, Samarkand, and Kokand.    Read more 

Treasure-hunting at Lake Issyk-Kul
By Alexey Schetnikov
BISHKEK. (TCA) In Central Asia, where great ancient cities emerged in empty spaces and disappeared into dust, treasures can be found anywhere - amidst a lifeless desert or in a deep mountain canyon.   Read more 

Helping to Coordinate Tourism Support
By Max Haberstroh*
Bishkek. (TCA) "Bringing people and projects together - this is the way to success", according to participants of a newly-created cooperation unit called The Kyrgyzstan Tourism Network, or simply TourNet.    Read more 

Wonderful Caves and Lakes of Turkmenistan
By Alexey Schetnikov
BISHKEK. (TCA) - Turkmenistan, a country with a history reaching back over millennia, is mostly famous for such ancient cities as Merv, Nisa and Kunya-Urgench. But since gaining independence 10 years ago, Turkmenistan has greatly improved its modern cities, including the capital Ashgabat.    Read more 

A Great Astronomer`s Great Buildings
By Alexey Schetnikov, TCA contributor
BISHKEK. (TCA) During its long history, Uzbekistan was home to many religions that existed, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam   Read more 

From Baedeker to Bin-Laden
By Chris Istrati, TCA contributor
Bishkek. (TCA) In this Year of Tourism, Kyrgyzstan has made a real effort to learn the ABCs of the tourist industry.    Read more 

?The Ala-Archa? Project

BISHKEK. (TCA) As it is known, the president of Kyrgyzstan A.Akaev proclaimed this year -Tourism year. It was decided to set about tourism seriously. It?s never late to learn. Besides, ?Complex Basis of Development? (CBD) overwhelmed to our country, which can by 2010 lead out to a new step of development.    Read more 

Kyrgyzstan : Will Tourists Replace Terrorists?
By Chris Istrati
BISHKEK. In this Year of Tourism, Kyrgyzstan has made a real effort to learn the ABCs of the tourist industry. However, it seems to this writer that the lesson has not progressed much beyond the letter ?B?.    Read more 

Turkmen Horse-Power
By William Wilson
ASHGABAT. (TCA) -- Ashgabat`s multi-million `Arch of Neutrality` has ensured a flurry of comparisons between its chief theme, President Saparmurat Niyazov, and the rulers of ancient times.    Read more 

The Pearls of Chui Valley in Kyrgyzstan
By Alexey Schetnikov
BISHKEK. (TCA) -- Since ancient times, Kyrgyzstan`s Chui Valley has been a fertile oasis amid dry areas. This valley was home to two brotherly nations - Kazakhs and Kyrgyz - and the cradle of their statehood.    Read more 

Asia Suffers Tourism Downturn
By Larry Jagan
BANGKOK. Asia`s economies are bracing themselves for more aftershocks from last week`s attack on the World Trade Center in New York - this time it is the tourist industry which expects to be affected.    Read more 

Tourism in Kyrgyzstan - Pleading for a "Leadership Tandem of Public-Private Partnership"
By Max Haberstoh
BISHKEK. (TCA) -- Kyrgyzstan`s politicians like very much to refer to their country as "our common house". - This ounds good, because it appeals to the good sense of the country`s different nationalities, who should be living together peacefully in their "common house" - a wonderful goal in theory, indeed.    Read more 

The End Always Justifies the Means
By William Willson
ASHGABAT. (TCA) -- Getting to Turkmenistan`s capital, Ashgabat, remains one of the trickier hurdles for the Central Asian traveller to negotiate these days; in many countries Turkmen embassies still seem reluctant to issue visas, and the city`s two-tier pricing system continues to inflate already ludicrous tourist tariffs.    Read more 

Merke - A Historical Oasis in Kazakhstan
By Alexey Schetnikov
MERKE. (TCA) -- In the West, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan stand out as the best known Central Asian countries thanks to their large territory and and rich natural resources. From the tourist viewpoint, these two countries offer the most important sites of the Great Silk Road.    Read more 

Lake Issyk-Kul: Is the Pearl of Kyrgyzstan Still Gleaming?
By Holger Conzelmann
BISHKEK. (TCA) -- Every year from the end of May to the beginning of September thousands of tourists travel for health and recreation to the beaches of Issyk-Kul. The season at the so called "Pearl of Kyrgyzstan", surrounded as it is by magnificent white peaks, is now coming to an end ,but many problems remain unresolved.   Read more 

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