Before the begining of tourist season Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the list of the countries which don’t need to get the visa to visit Kyrgyzstan.
Here it is.
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
China Nothern Corea. Sorry for my mistake, guys.
Cuba
Vietnam
Japan
Ukraine (up to 3 months)
Uzbekistan (up to 60 days)
Malaysia (official and tourist visa up to 1 month)
Mongolia (up to […]

I’ve read an interesting article about tourism in Kyrgyzstan by Dina Tokbaeva from Bishkek Press Club and decided to translate this article. Here it is, with some small shortening.
Tourism companies of Kyrgyzstan told that there was an increase in the number of the foreign tourists to the country. According to the statistics from the […]

Naryn is the provincial administrative center of the Naryn Oblast in central Kyrgyzstan, with a population of 40,049 (1999). It is located at 41°26?N, 76°0?E, situated on both banks of the Naryn River, one of the main head waters of the Syr Darya, which cuts a picturesque gorge through the town. The city has […]

Though Christmas celebrations ended more than a month ago worldwide, and Christmas themes are off the season, in Osh oblast of Kyrgyz Republic recently there was an event “Santa-Klaus in Aravan”, informs Ferghana.Akipress.KG. This event was organized by municipal authorities and one of local NGOs with entertainment shows and prize competitions.
It seems that Santa-Klaus […]

Following on from CXW’s article on Santa-tracking competition in Kyrgyzstan, I am now referring to AKIpress news agency that informs readers about the next crazy plans of the state tourism agency on further developing the “Santa mania” thing in Kyrgyzstan. The state tourism agency under the Presidency of Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of […]

Following on from Sweco’s tongue-in-cheek conclusion that it’s time for Santa Claus to up sticks from Lapland and move to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Tourist Board is capitalising on this arguably apolitical claim to fame: They’ve launched a competition, which runs until December 20, to find Santa Claus in the republic’s mountains.
As Akbar Dzhigitov of […]

Mega Supergood Films representatives visited Kyrgyzstan. According to newspaper Delo, Indian moviemakers were going to New Zealand to film some of their scenes in highland landscapes. But the Kyrgyz council in India persuaded them to fly to Kyrgyzstan, and it was cheaper rather than flying to New Zealand. In the end of September the […]

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(I’m a new author on this site, and although it’s been a while since New Year’s, I hope you’ll forgive me for posting an earlier story about what that particular day was like when 2007 came to Batken…)

In a far-off corner of Kyrgyzstan, the Mayor is facing a strange dilemma. The guest list is looking […]

Ask a Kyrgyz cab driver what the most pressing issue in his country might be, and he won’t bring up constitutional amendments. Nor will he start on the level of religious freedoms, or the lack of objective journalism. Easy to overlook, yet so depressingly obvious, the answer is always one and the same - […]