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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 19 April held an environmental workshop in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to share information about successful advisory projects supported by the Bank and stimulate further activity in this area. This is in response to the needs and concerns expressed by the Issyk-Kul government and local resorts to reduce costs and preserve the ecological situation in the region. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Government of Kyrgyzstan at the closed-door meeting on April 4 decided to take back from Uzbekistan four resorts at Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz media reported with reference to the Government’s press service. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The newly created destination management organization, Destination Karakol, unveiled plans last week to develop and promote the greater Karakol area as an appealing, year-round tourism destination in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul province. This initiative is supported by the United States through the USAID Business Growth Initiative, the USAID BGI Project said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s Tourism Development Program until 2020, presented on March 30, aims at creation of favorable conditions for tourism and increase of its share in GDP by at least 7% and increase of the annual number of foreign tourists by 20%. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Economy Ministry of Kyrgyzstan have signed a protocol for a project to spread the Issyk-Kul model of the One Village One Product (OVOP) movement to other regions in Kyrgyzstan, the ministry said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Russia has allocated US $2 million of grant funds for the project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) “Development of production industries in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan and strengthening of their ties with the tourist sector,” the Russian Embassy in Bishkek said on March 28. Continue reading
