Karaganda entrepreneurs united in the Association of Tourism, Restaurant and Hotel Business
Karaganda restaurateurs and hoteliers are preparing to host not less than 1500 tourists from Europe and China this year
The entrepreneurs of the HoReCa sphere united in the Central Kazakhstan Association of Tourism, Restaurant and Hotel Business, created following the meeting at the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Karaganda region. Businessmen have come to the conclusion that without common efforts it is impossible to achieve tangible results in the work. The Association was headed by the famous public figure of the region Maya Agadilova.
As the participants admitted at the meeting, there were already attempts to create such an association, but nothing worked at all.
"I would like this structure to be finally created, so that entrepreneurs from the sphere were heard through the association. And especially I would like to emphasize that representatives of the akimat took part in these meetings. For example, will we get pointers in English, guidebooks? Atyrau travel agencies, EKR are very active. The East Kazakhstan region lured all the Chinese to their region, and a direct route to China has already been opened. And we are still inactive and it's time to do something about it",- said the well-known artisan Alla Rudenko.
By the way, artisans of the region are ready for the international exhibition Expo like no other. For 2 years of active work of artisan promotion, the center "Sheber" has achieved many successes.
"First of all, the information went to different directions. Our masters began to travel beyond Karaganda. We started receiving orders from all over Kazakhstan. For example, I know that Olga Zeller already got products from Africa. Our deputies order various souvenirs from the Karaganda craftsmen when they go abroad. And once many masters sold their things next to the Central Department Store, in a small kiosk for several people. That's how slowly the names of our masters become known. I can give several examples of colleagues: one is always at exhibitions, the other can’t find time for a cup of coffee, because she does not have time to prepare orders", - said A. Rudenko.
According to the President of the Association Maya Agadilova, mainly foreign visitors show interest in the Karlag museum in the village of Dolinka: 600 people from Poland have applied for a visit to Karlaga. In total, at least 1500 tourists from Europe and China are planning to visit Karaganda region this year.
"Having a three-star hotel in Karaganda is already a huge figure. But foreigners at meetings at the Foreign Ministry say: we do not need your polished five-star hotels, show us the nature, want to ride horses, eat kuyrdak and drink koumiss. Aktogay district has prepared guest houses. We need to organize the same houses in Dolinka. And it is necessary to put a yurt of artisans", - says the head of the Central Kazakhstan Association of Tourism, Restaurant and Hotel Business.
"It's no secret that Shahan and Dolinka are a bit depressed districts of the region. They belong to Shakhtinsk, but they are not district centers, and they are not mono-towns. And the museum Karlag can actually bring quite a good profit. This summer it is necessary to organize souvenir shops for local artisans, as well as food points", - said Zhanargul Kulmagambetova, head of the project support department of the Russian-speaking party,.
Maya Agadilova added that even baursaks can bring an impressive profit.
"I admire the enterprisingness of my South Kazakhstani colleagues. There was a forum, and cooks sold baursaks for 50 tenge apiece, and, if I'm not mistaken, earned 1.5 million in a couple of days of the forum only on baursaks 1! Can’t we do that? Foreign nationals are interested in various national rituals - tea drinking from a samovar, eating meat delicacies".
Members of the new association are sure that our businessmen have every chance to impress foreign guests so that even after the Expo they would like to return. To demonstrate the region's tourism opportunities, the Association has already invited representatives of 32 countries' diplomatic missions to the historical and information tour of Siyarly Saryarca. Maya Agadilova stressed that Karaganda region is the first region in the country that organizes the infotour on the eve of the international exhibition.
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