8th UNWTO Global

Summit on Urban

Tourism in

ASTANA

Astana Mayor’s Office

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WELCOME TO

Kazakhstan The 9th largest country in the world

and the leading country in Central

Asia

Population: 18 million

131 ethnicities

Member of the United Nations, WTO, CIS, the Eurasian

Economic Union, OSCE, OIC,

and TURKSOY, etc.

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Astana 20 years:

YOUNG CITY made from scratch LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE 3

CAPITAL from 1998

POPULATION: 1 million

LOCATION: The city of the Great Steppe - central

Kazakhstan on the Ishim River bank

UNESCO “CITIES FOR PEACE PRIZE”

ECONOMY: based on entrepreneurship

finance, industrial production, IT

and construction

WEATHER: humid continental climate

Average temp.: January – 14.2 °C, July +20.7 °C

TIME ZONE: GMT+6

ASTANA

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ASTANA TODAY 5

CULTURAL LIFE

PALACE OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION ASTANA OPERA 6

ASTANA URBAN PLACES

Pedestrian Bridge

Nazarbayev University

The wall for peace

Cosmonautics

museum 7

ACCESSIBILITY 8

THE BIRTHPLACE OF YURT THE HISTORY OF NOMADS 9

LOCAL NOMADIC CUISINE 10

CONFESSIONAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY 11

PERIOD

EXPO COMPLEX

TERRITORY

VISITORS

OFFICIAL

PARTICIPANTS

10/06 - 10/09

25 Ha

174 Ha

5,4 MLN

MORE THAN 100

COUNTRIES

«EXPO 2017 has become one

of the most successful

in the history of exhibitions», - said Vicente Loscertales,

Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions

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ASTANA TOURISM VISION The must visit place of Eurasia

Astana is the most attractive and the most exciting city in Eurasia, a synonym of great leisure

experience and the most professional business destination. Astana is prime choice for leisure and

business travelers looking for fun, unique, unexpected and inviting mixture of Europe and Asia.

ASTANA IS FUN AND

MOST DESIRED CITY OF

EURASIA

ASTANA IS BUSINESS HUB

AND CITY OF

PROFESSIONALS

EURASIAN SMART CAPITAL OF CREATIVE ECONOMY,

SCIENCE AND ARTS 13

ASTANA AIRPORT

“Nursultan Nazarbayev” • Newly opened terminal with the highest

international standards increasing the capacity

up to 6.5 million passengers per year

• 36 international connections

• 15-30 min drive from

the city center

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TRAVELLING TO ASTANA

36 DIRECT FLIGHTS

Incl. London, Paris, Moscow,

Warsaw, Dubai, Istanbul,

Beijing etc., and more

Opening every year

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ASTANA AS A

CONGRESS DESTINATION

Located in the heart of Eurasia,

Astana has become a venue for

numerous international forums,

congresses and large scale

international events.

MORE THAN 30 UNIQUE VENUES

PROVIDE EXCELLENT FACILITIES

FOR LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED

BUSINESS EVENTS AND

CELEBRATIONS

CAPACITY: 50-3500 PEOPLE

• The Congress of World and

Traditional Religions;

• The Astana Economic Forum;

• 2010 OSCE Summit;

• 25th World Mining Congress;

• World petroleum council 2018.;

• EXPO-2017.

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MUST SEE FROM THE INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE AND

BREATHTAKING NATURE TO A LUXURY

HOLIDAY WITH ALL ENTERTAINMENTS

INCLUDING CASINOS, GOLF, SPA AND ETC.

KORGALZHYN PARK IS THE PART

OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST

BURABAY IS THE BEST

PLACE TO HAVE AN

UNFORGETTABLE

VACATION

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WELCOME TO

ASTANA

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