22.09.22

In the first seven months of 2022, 3.8 million tourists visited Kyrgyzstan, which is almost twice as much as in the same period last year. This is stated in the report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

As noted in the ADB, thanks to this, the volume of services increased by 3.5%, while the growth in the food and hotel business amounted to 12.5%.

Recall, according to the National Statistical Committee, until recently, the number of crossings of the border of Kyrgyzstan by foreign citizens for the first half of this year was 2.6 million.

At the same time, 97% or 2.5 million accounted for border crossings by citizens from CIS countries. The largest number of them was noted among citizens of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.

As for the arrivals of foreign citizens from countries outside the CIS, their number amounted to more than 74 thousand and increased 1.8 times compared to the first half of last year. The largest number of crossings occurred among citizens of Turkey, Germany, the USA, India, China, Mongolia and Saudi Arabia.

https://economist.kg/novosti/2022/09/22/kyrgyzstan-v-etom-godu-posetili-pochti-4-mln-turistov/