Action Plan for the Preparation and Conduct of the Summer Tourist Season of 2018
Deputy Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic Azamat Jamankulov, speaking at the IX Tourism Forum "Development and Promotion of Tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic," noted that the draft Action Plan for the Preparation and Conduct of the Summer Tourist Season of 2018 was discussed at the meeting of the Interagency Commission for the Coordination of Tourism Development Issues. Taking into account all comments and suggestions, it was submitted to the Office of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Action Plan is currently approved by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic A. S. Omurbekova.
A. Jamankulov highlighted the most important points of the Action Plan, which are listed below.
~ Development of a hotel classification system for awarding star ratings in accordance with international criteria;
~ Development and dissemination of instructional documents regulating the actions of law enforcement officers and the state border service interacting with tourists;
~ Readiness of rescue services during the summer tourist season;
~ Introduction of a patent for tour guides;
~ Organization and conduct of the Third World Nomad Games;
~ Sustainability of tourist events (festivals, fairs, exhibitions).
In addition, at the meeting of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on May 23, 2018, the issue of creating and launching a hotline for tourists in several languages was raised. We will begin the implementation of this project soon, concluded A. Jamankulov.