28.09.22

In 2021, 1.3 million tourists visited Kyrgyzstan, which is 2.9 times more than in 2020. Such data is provided by the National Statistical Committee.

According to the ministry, out of the total number of tourists, 622 thousand people were in the organized tourism sector, which is 3 times more. The growth of indicators is due to the restoration of business activity (legal entities and individuals) after the lifting of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

As of January 1, 2022, more than 118 thousand enterprises in the tourism sector were registered in the Kyrgyz Republic.

In 2021, tourists were received and served by 419 recreation facilities and tourism organizations, as well as 1.4 thousand guest houses located on the territory and outside the territory of recreation facilities.

A significant part of the tourist services provided fell on the Issyk-Kul region, where in 2021  1.6 thousand recreation and tourism organizations, including guest houses, received and serviced tourists.

The number of people who rested in the organized tourism sector of the region amounted to 270 thousand people, which is 2.6 times more than in 2020. In addition, more than 675 thousand people, or 3.2 times more, rested in the unorganized sector of the Issyk-Kul region resort area (guest houses and households) in 2021.

Last year, 3.2 thousand people were sent through travel agencies, of which 72% were citizens of Kyrgyzstan, and 28% were citizens of other countries traveling in Kyrgyzstan.

https://economist.kg/novosti/2022/09/28/v-2021-godu-kyrgyzstan-posetili-1-3-mln-turistov/