To channel funds into eliminating the consequences of unprecedented spring flooding in Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has issued an order to halt costly image-building and other major events.
The decision announced by the Kazakh Ministry of Tourism and Sport on 26 April, will directly impact the Games of the Future, a phygital sports show in which competitors challenge each other in physical and digital dimensions.
Following his attendance at the first ever Games in the city of Kazan, Russia, in February this year, President Tokayev announced that Kazakhstan would host the next round in 2025. The event has now been postponed until 2026.
Kazakhstan also plans to optimize the cost of organizing the 5th World Nomad Games to be held in Astana from 8 -14 September.
