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A. Artemyev, V. Salnikov , Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan. Event -To urism as a Revitalization Factor of Tourism in the Kazakh Section of the Silk Road.
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A.Artemyev, V. Salnikov, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan Event-TourismasaRevitalizationFactorof Tourism intheKazakhSectionoftheSilkRoad
Eventtourism – oneoftheyoungest, butsoughtafterinvariousdirectionsofinternationaltourism. EachyeartheEventtourattractsmoreandmoretouristsfromallaroundtheworld. Accordingtothecalculationsofsociologistsintheforeseeablefuturevisitsto a variouseventswouldbethemaingoalformorethan 10% ofinternationaltourists
ThetaskofpromotingtouristarrivalsincorporatedinthedevelopmentstrategyofKazakhstan'stourism, correlatedwithlong-termplansforeconomicandsocialdevelopment. Kazakhstanhassignificanthistoricalandculturalheritage, economicandintellectualhumanpotential. Infact, brandsareformedon a numberofkeyimages, makingthestaterecognizedintheinternationalcommunity.
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Accordingtothe UNWTO GeneralSecretaryTalebRifai, asexpressedbyhimonthe IV AstanaEconomicForumMay 3, 2011, aneventsuchasthe 7th AsianWinterGames, playedintheformationofKazakhstan'stouristpublicimagemoreimportantthanallthebrandingeventsofthelast 7 years.
PreparationsfortheAsianGameshad a positiveimpactontheinfrastructureofcities. The «Almaty» airport, BigAlmatyRingRoadandstock of vehicles havebeenupgraded. Electricalnetworkcommunicationshavebeenupgradedaswell, completelyrefurbishedsportscomplexesofMedeuandChimbulak.
WinterUniversiadeinAlmaty, accordingtoorganizers, willbethemostinnovativeinthehistoryofuniversitysports. Willberealizedthemostdaringandoriginalideas, inparticularinthefieldofenvironmentalconservation. Theseideaswillaffecttheorganizationoftrafficflows, architecturalanddesignideas, newtechnologies, ticketsalesandinformationsupport, etc. Forexample, allvehiclesoftheUniversiadewillbetranslatedintolowemissionfuel. FortheconstructionofAthletesVillagewillusethelatestideasinenergyconservation. Fororganizationalandlogisticalprocesseswillactivelyapplynewsolutionsininformationandcommunicationtechnologiesbasedonmobilecommunications.
Ethnographicsketcheswerepresentedtotheguestsatthespecialeventsvenues. Thetenthavebeenintroducedas a openplacenexttoit– taykazany (hugevatsforcooking), andlittletooneside – altybakany (Turkicswing). Itisdemonstratedthedailylifeoftheancientvillage.
In 2010 FestivalisheldinAlmatyApples (AppleFest), whichshouldreturnthestatusofthesoutherncapital «ofapples» andbeguntorevivethefamousapplevarieties. Forthesecondyearthefestivalattractsparticipantsandspectatorsfromaroundtheworld (USA, Russia, England, Hungary, China, Kazakhstan)
TheorientationoftheRepublicofKazakhstantothereceptionoflargeinternationalandregionalexhibitionsandconferencesduetoitsfavorablegeopoliticallocation. Event – a greatwaytonotonlyattractforeigntouriststothecountry, butalso a fashionevent, abletointeresttouriststovisittheStateforotherpurposes. However, thehostingofmega-events – isnottheonlywaytodevelop a tourismeventinthecountry. Multi-confessionalandrichcultureofallpeopleslivinginKazakhstancanserveas a good «source» event. Developingandpromotingtheinternationalmarket, nationalandlocalfestivals, carnivalsandfestivals, thematicallyrelatedtotheSilkRoadbrand, youcancreate a steadystreamofinternationaltouristsevent.
With a significantpotentialfortheorganizationofreceptionandserviceofforeignvisitorsofvariousrank, Kazakhstanremainsthesceneofmajorpolitical, economicandsocialtransformation, whichhasattractedtheattentionoftheinternationalcommunity. Atthesametime, thestrategicobjectiveistoprovidenotonly «sites» underthemajorinternationalevents, butalsothecreationandpromotionofitsown, anoriginalevent-product.