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Kazakhstan tourism adds 5 trillion tenge in 2025

9/8/2026

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Kazakhstan Tourism Surge

Kazakhstan's government reports tourism added 5 trillion tenge (US$9.26 billion) to the economy in 2025.
Capital spending on tourism rose to 1.25 trillion tenge (US$2.31 billion) in 2025, a 32.6% increase.
More than 328 tourism projects worth about 1.3 trillion tenge (US$2.41 billion) are under construction.
Foreign visitor arrivals reached 15.7 million in 2025, up from 9.2 million in 2023.
Visitors from China rose 46.8% in 2025, exceeding 960,000 arrivals.

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Tourism Updates

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History

Historical Context

The EU’s 1990 European Year of Tourism sparked a continent-wide push to boost cross-border travel, and a 4 April 1995 Green Paper formalised tourism policy. That legacy underpins today’s infrastructure upgrades and reform drives in Kazakhstan, Greece and Vietnam, as policymakers cite the earlier growth benchmark to anticipate regional visitor significant increases.

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Kazakhstan Tourism Surge

Kazakhstan's government reports tourism added 5 trillion tenge (US$9.26 billion) to the economy in 2025.
Capital spending on tourism rose to 1.25 trillion tenge (US$2.31 billion) in 2025, a 32.6% increase.
More than 328 tourism projects worth about 1.3 trillion tenge (US$2.41 billion) are under construction.
Foreign visitor arrivals reached 15.7 million in 2025, up from 9.2 million in 2023.
Visitors from China rose 46.8% in 2025, exceeding 960,000 arrivals.

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