Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz Republic

BISHKEK TALAS KARA-BALTA BALYKCHY

KARAKOL

UZBEKISTAN NARYN

JALAL-ABAD

OSH

TAJIKISTAN CHINA Kyrgyz Republic • Area – 199,900 km2 • Population - 5 million • Languages: state - Kyrgyz official - Russian • Capital - Bishkek • Head of the state - President • National currency - Som (hard currency) Priority areas of the tourism industry in : • Resort-recreation tourism • Adventure tourism • Tourism on the Great Silk Road • Ecological tourism • Business tourism Number of foreign tourists by the purpose of the trip (in percent) 64%

29% 3% 4%

business leisure, recreation and rest treatment others Resort-recreation tourism

• Resort-recreation zones - 14 • Guest houses and houses of rest - 327 • Sanatoriums and resorts - 83 Resort-recreation tourism Resort-recreation tourism Resort-recreation tourism Resort-recreation tourism Adventure tourism

• Alpine tourist centers – 19

• Camping-sites – 4

• Alpine tourist zones - 51 Adventure tourism

• In June 2003 the 12th Final of “Raid Gauloises” World championship on multi-sports was held in Kyrgyzstan

• 39 teams from 18 countries have taken part in this championship Adventure tourism

• Pobeda peak – 7 439 m

• Lenin’s peak – 7 134 m

• peak – 7 010 m Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Adventure tourism Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Tourism on the Great Silk Road Ecological tourism

• National Parks – 8 • Preserves – 6 • Biosphere Areas - 3 • Special Nature Reserves - 53 • Natural Parks – 6 Ecological tourism Ecological tourism Ecological tourism Business tourism

Tourist arrivels on the purpuses of business (thousand people) 29 28 27 28,2 26 25 24 24,6 23 22 2000 2001 Business tourism Business tourism Business tourism Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic

• Conception of Tourism Development in the Kyrgyz Republic up to 2010

• State Program of Tourism Development in the Kyrgyz Republic up 2010 Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic

• Tourism rules in the Kyrgyz Republic are set forth in the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On tourism" (25 March, 1999 No 34) • Since 2001 licensing of tourist activity was abolished . г 3 4, 002 2 . г 2 4, 001 2 . г 9 2, 000 2 GDP . in г 5 2, 999 1 . г ourism 1 t 2, 998 f 1 o . г 2 1997

Share (in percent) 5 4 3 2 1 0 Tourist arrivals (thousand people)

139,6 120 98,6 100 87,4

80 59,4 58,8 60 48,3 40 20 0 1997 г. 1998 г. 1999 г. 2000 г. 2001 г. 2002 г. Tourism revenues (million US dollars)

40 35,7

30 24,4

15,3 20 14,1 8,4 7,1 10

0 1997г. 1998г . 1999г . 2000г. 2001г . 2002г . The taxation in the sphere of tourism is regulated by the Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic (June 26, 1996 No. 25)

• Income tax • Value added tax (VAT) • Profit tax • Land tax • Local taxes and fees Visa procedure

• The visa is generally required except CIS countries (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are not included) • The visa is not required for visitors from Turkey, China, Malaysia, Japan and the owners of the diplomatic passports from the industrially developed countries Visa procedure

• In countries, where there is no foreign representative office of the Kyrgyz Republic, the diplomatic representative offices and consular institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian Federation will provide the services Visa procedure

• The list of 28 states, the citizens of which have a right to get visa on the basis of personal applications for the term of up to one month with no registration in the bodies of the Internal Affairs was approved by the Decree of Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (No 213, April 15, 2003) Visa procedure

• The simplified registration system of the foreign citizens is in effect. There were implemented the Certificates, on the basis of which the registration is made by hotels and inviting organizations Foreign Direct Investments Promotion • The foreign investments are regulated by Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Investments in the Kyrgyz Republic” No 66, March 27, 2003

• The State Program for support and attraction of foreign investments Foreign Direct Investments Promotion • Liberal Investments Regime • Access to all sectors of economy for the foreign investments • Protection of the investments • Protection against nationalization and further changes of the legislation • National treatment • Lack of requirement for local participation • Unlimited profit repatriation Earnings of direct foreign investments in the tourism sector (thousand US dollars)

16000 14338 14145,8 14000

12000 9375,3 10000

8000

6000

4000

2000 1204,7

0 1999 г. 2000 г. 2001г. 2002 г. The proportion of earnings from direct foreign investments in tourism sector from CIS countries and from foreign countries (thousand US dollars)

16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1999 г.2000 г. 2001 г. 2002 г.

изCIS ст countriesран СНГ 45 69,1 985,4 1924,8

изOther стр аcouн внntriesе СНГ 1159,7 14268,9 8389,9 10857,9 International airport “MANAS” Hotel «Hyatt Regency Bishkek» Reconstruction of “Bishkek-” highway Hotel «Pinara-Bishkek» Privatization

• The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Denationalization and Privatization of the State Property in the Kyrgyz Republic” (12 January, 1998 No 1385- XII) • The Program of the State Property Privatization in the Kyrgyz Republic during 2001-2003 years Number of Resorts and Sanatoriums, privatized from 1997 to 2003:

20 19 18 17 16 15 15 14 12 11 10 8 6 4 2 2 1 0 1997 г. 1998 г 1999 г. 2000 г. 2001 г. 2002 г. 2003 г. The privatization is conducted by a method of:

• Auction

• Commercial tender

• Direct sale The basic conditions of commercial competition are:

• The offered bids for the object • Volume of investment • Preservation of entity’s activities profile • Preservation of optimal amount of working places • Environment protection measures Kyrgyz Republic Land of the Tien Shan