A direct flight will be opened between Qatar and Kazakhstan and a visa-free regime will be resumed

Kazakhstan and Qatar are planning to open a direct flight on the Doha - Almaty - Doha route and will mutually resume the visa-free regime for up to 30 days, we tell in this article with reference to the press service of Kazakhtourism NC JSC. According to the ministry, the Kazakh delegation headed by First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov agreed with the authorities and the business community of Qatar that in October 2021, Qatar Airways will launch a direct flight on the Doha-Almaty-Doha route with a frequency of twice a week. Also, a visa-free regime for a period of 30 days will be valid for citizens of the two countries. It is reported that during the business meetings, the parties paid attention to the development of relations in the field of tourism.

"During the meeting, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the national company Kazakh Tourism told about the tourism potential and investment opportunities of the country, especially in the top 10 (resort areas of Burabai, Bayanaul, Imantau-Shalkar, Mangistau, lakes Alakol and Balkhash, the cities of Nur-Sultan and Turkestan, the Almaty mountain cluster and the Baikonur cosmodrome)," Kazakhtourism JSC reported.

It should be noted that the tourist outbound flow of Qatar in the pre-pandemic period was 75 percent of the total population. In 2019, with the number of citizens of 2.8 million people, more than 2.1 million Qataris went on vacation abroad. In addition, the country is one of the leaders in the world in terms of GDP per capita. Информация взята с сайта Tengritravel.kz