GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites Year XIV, vol. 35, no. 2, 2021, p.499-506 ISSN 2065-1198, E-ISSN 2065-0817 DOI 10.30892/gtg.35230-677 GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE BORDER AREAS OF NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Aigerim SANSYZBAYEVA* L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, e-mail:
[email protected] Abdimazhit SAIPOV L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, e-mail:
[email protected] Aleksandr DUNETS Altai State University, Department of Economic Geography and Cartography, 61a Pr.Lenina, Barnaul, Russia, e-mail:
[email protected] Aizhan MUSSAGALIYEVA Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Almaty, Kazakhstan, e-mail:
[email protected] Ainash RAMAZAN Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Almaty, Kazakhstan, e-mail:
[email protected] Citation: Sansyzbayeva, A., Saipov, A., Dunets, A., Mussagaliyeva, A., & Ramazan, A. (2021). GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE BORDER AREAS OF NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 35(2), 499–506. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.35230-677 Abstract: This study presents the natural and recreational prerequisites for the formation and development of the cross-border tourism industry in the Kazakh-Russian border region in the context of modern integration processes. The purpose of the research is to identify the main natural and recreational resources in the border regions of Northern Kazakhstan, among which the border regions are Kostanay, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions, and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation bordering on them.