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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Issyk-Kul event on June 11-16, organized by the UNDP GEF SGP in Kyrgyzstan, the ICCA Consortium and CENESTA (Iran), will be held in Kyrgyzstan to share knowledge and enhance capacities among key regional actors about how to promote and strengthen appropriate recognition of Indigenous peoples’ and community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) and appropriate support to them to enhance their effectiveness in the region, the ICCA Consortium said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Travel agencies, tourist companies, resorts and hotels of Kyrgyzstan and foreign countries presented their products and services at the Issyk-Kul International Tourism Exhibition 2017. On May 6-7, the Tourism Department under the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic together with the Kyrgyz Resorts Association held the event in Cholpon-Ata city at Lake Issyk-Kul. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The World Nomad Games were named the most memorable event of 2016 in Kyrgyzstan according to a readers’ poll conducted by local media. Kyrgyzstan surprised the world with this amazing project, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said at his year-end press conference, adding that “now we are known as a cohesive multi-ethnic nation that honors its traditions”. Continue reading
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The U.S. Government, through USAID, installed 46 tourist signs across Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul oblast, including four pedestrian maps in cities to make the world-class tourist attractions of the oblast more accessible to visitors, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said on December 12. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Second World Nomad Games (WNG) are over, and it is time to sum up all the pluses and minuses and draw some conclusions. Delegations from 62 countries took part in the Games, which took place from September 3 to 8 at Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. More than 500 journalists from foreign and domestic media covered the event. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Today, September 10, the Karakol historical regional study museum in Kyrgyzstan is officially opening a permanent exhibition of the unique journey across Central Asia accomplished by Ella Maillart, world-renowned Swiss traveler and journalist, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said. Continue reading
