Abstract
This paper provides an analysis of tourism development in the Akmola region of Kazakhstan, as one of regional segments of the tourism industry within the domestic tourist market. This study aims to identify those main factors that restrict a process of the formation of regional economy, including the tourism industry. Despite the positive socio-economic impact of tourism on the economy, its contribution to the gross domestic product is very low and equals to about 1.0% in 2013.Tourism in Akmola region has great potential for development and could have a positive impact on the socio-economic development of the region. Akmola has considerable natural resources, occupies territory extremely favorable for development of tourist business.Thus, priorities of tourism industry development at the regional level were assessed. Forecast indicators of tourism development and its future directions were identified. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6p386
Highlights
Tourism is a fast growing sector of the global economy
Main Results In Akmola, Kazakhstan, the main suppliers of tourism services in 2013 were the tourist organizations, represented by 189 travel agencies and 31 individual entrepreneurs who have a license for undertaking a tourism activity
The greatest number of active travel companies and hotels were in the city of Almaty (1037), East Kazakhstan region (322), Karaganda region (300), Akmola region (189), and the city of Astana (405) (Smailov A, 2014)
Summary
An analysis of its dynamic has been delivered by many authors such as Brymer (2001), Cooper (1993), Medlik (2000), Walker (2008), Kvartalniy (2003), Birzhakov (2002) and others. In these studies there were no solutions on how to develop the regional markets of tourism services. The above referenced studies are not adapted to the Kazakhstan market and rather focused strictly on the national markets of countries analyzed. In Kazakhstan, this field of study is more or less developed in several papers published by Nikitinsky (2008), Yulchieva (2004), Duysen (2010). The absence of comprehensive studies on the development of tourism, at the regional scale, is the actuality of the study
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