+20° / +8°C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 No 16 (178) www.astanatimes.com Jezkiik 2019 Ulytau Festival celebrates Nazarbayev urges new Kazakhstan’s ethnocultural tourism ideas for Nur Otan party to meet needs of people rea, whose values align with Ka- By Aidana Yergaliyeva zakhstan’s, he said. “We are not Catholics or Prot- NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan’s estants. If taken immediately from First President and current chair- the West, this will not work… We man of the Nur Otan party, Nursul- need leaders and a strong party. tan Nazarbayev, suggested at the The Asian Tigers that we looked party’s Aug. 21 expanded political up to made a breakthrough from council meeting progressing the third world countries to first,” said party’s activities to better meet the Nazarbayev, stressing that “conti- challenges of the 21st century and nuity of the course is critical.” The the needs of the public. Nur Otan will celebrate its 28th “We understand that a new pe- anniversary this year. riod of party development has Nazarbayev called on party begun. The world has changed. members to focus on solving peo- Nur Otan is a leading political ple’s everyday problems. force and must mobilise society “Show what you are capable of. so that no one goes astray,” he That is, [we need] to work closely said. in the regions with people – with “We must enter the 30 advanced each person,” he emphasised. countries. The industrial pro- In the upcoming Mazhilis (lower gramme, the development of ag- house of Parliament) and maslikhat riculture, the growth of medicine (regional or city assembly) elec- and education are the goals of our tions, Nur Otan “must create the party. We must all mobilise in this conditions to nominate the most direction,” he added. active and worthy members of the To get into the top 30, Kazakh- party. I offer a reload programme stan should learn from the best on the topic ‘Trust. Dialogue. Con- practices of the “Asian Tigers” fidence in the Future,’” he said. such as Singapore and South Ko- Continued on Page A2 Photo credit: Akorda. Photo credit: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (C) poses for the photo with young activists at the Jezkiik 2019 Ulytau Festival on Aug. 24. tourism industry as well as plans to das, calling the Silk Road “human- tains from Germany, Spain and the By Nazira Kozhanova develop a website containing infor- ity’s most important road.” United Arab Emirates. mation about domestic tourist attrac- Local experts, such as President The Jezkiik 2019 festival also ‘We can win the struggle NUR-SULTAN – Jezkiik 2019 tions. The website will be developed of Avalon History and Geography hosted music and food festivals, as Ulytau Festival brought together by the Kazakh Ministry of Culture Society Vitaly Shuptar, also shared well as the International Rural Youth the Ulytau International Tourism and Sport and the Ministry of Digi- their experiences launching Uly- Forum. The music festival hosted the Forum, the International Rural tal Development, Innovations and tau ethnocultural tourism products. Morescanova band from Italy, the for a world without Youth Forum and the Ethnic Music Aerospace Industry. Tokayev also They outlined challenges to Ulytau Carmen Guerreiro Flamenco band and Food Festival on Aug. 23-25. emphasised the need to attract en- ethnocultural tourism development, from Spain, the Serbian Abrasevic “Located at the intersection of trepreneurs to build vacation accom- such as a lack of transportation and band and the Dunajbanda band from ancient civilisations and the largest modations, provide catering options housing options as well as a lack of Hungary as well as Kazakh artists. nuclear weapons,’ transport arteries, Kazakhstan for and establish recreation centres. interest from locals and a shortage “I first heard about this festival centuries remains one of the most im- In the first part of the forum, of qualified tourism workers. from Mexican musicians. They portant cultural, historical and spiritu- researchers and industry experts The panel of experts also empha- spoke of it very well. In addi- al centres of the Eurasian continent,” discussed the role of Kazakhstan’s sised the tourism potential of the fo- tion, this festival is young, and we says activist said Kazakh President Kassym- history and culture in its tourism rum in Ulytau. Particularly, Mongo- wanted to take part in it, to discover Nuclear Weapons signed July 3 by Jomart Tokayev in his speech at the industry. They discussed topics, in- lia Sustainable Tourism Centre Board something new for ourselves. Our By Saltanat Boteu Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Aug. 24 panel on the role of Kazakh- cluding challenges facing Kazakh Chairman Gansukh Dambi praised group has been touring since 1991, Tokayev. stan’s historical and cultural legacy in ethnocultural tourism development the Jochi Khan Mausoleum that is lo- we have been to many countries, NUR-SULTAN – The struggle Kuyukov was born in a small tourism development at the Ultytau and the Ulytau region archaeologi- cated near the Ulytau mountains. but we came to Kazakhstan for the for a nuclear weapons free world village of Yegindybulak near the International Tourism Forum. cal findings. “We knew that the mausoleum first time. This is a very interesting can be won because people under- Soviet-era Semipalatinsk Nuclear “Among the sacred places of our The Silk Road tourism develop- was in this area, but we never saw experience for us,” Maria Guerreiro stand its importance, as represent- Test Site. His parents were ex- country, a special place is occupied ment expert of the United Nations it with our own eyes. This is a holy Guitterez from the Carmen Guerre- ed by the hundreds of thousands of posed to the Soviet Union’s nucle- by the lands of Ulytau. This is the sa- World Tourism Organisation Alla place, and I am sure that there is ro Flamenco band told KazInform. people around the world who have ar weapons testing at the site and, cred cradle of the Kazakh people, a Peressolova talked about global good energy for the future of all The national food festival fea- signed The ATOM Project peti- as a result, Kuyukov, was born symbol of the unity of the nation and trends in the tourism industry and those who came here with good tured 45 yurt houses offering Ka- tion against nuclear weapons test- without arms. This, however, did a fierce struggle for independence. how the Central Asian region could thoughts, good wishes. This is a zakh national food. ing, said ATOM Project Honorary not stop him from becoming a rec- And today, one of the important seize them. She emphasised the historical path that unites all of “I really enjoyed the beshbarmak Ambassador and Nevada-Semey ognised painter who has dedicated tasks is to develop the tourism po- emerging trends of sustainability us,” said Dambi. (national meal) and the horse rid- international anti-nuclear weapons his art and life to achieving a nu- tential of this historic place,” he said. and locals’ experiences, arguing As a result of the forum, 40 rep- ers show (Nomad Stunts show),” activist Karipbek Kuyukov in an clear weapons free world. Tokayev also announced the es- that Central Asian countries have resentatives of international tourism said one of the festival visitors. “It interview with The Astana Times. “My favourite pastime is to paint tablishment of the Tourism Univer- a great potential in incorporating companies signed an agreement to was nice to have this festival in our “I urge everyone to visit our pictures, touching on a nuclear sity that will train personnel for the these trends in their tourism agen- launch tours to the Ulytau moun- region.” project’s website theatomproject. theme and, probably, show in my org and see how hundreds of thou- works how scary this is. I have a sands of people around the world series of portraits of victims who Arys’ timely restoration, and its have voted against nuclear weap- I personally know, who still live Turkestan Region branch resolved ons. People understand and have in Semey and those who have al- 126 of 175 restoration-related ap- joined with us,” he said. ready left. There are landscapes Repair of Arys almost complete, peals from people in the town as According to Kuyukov, the im- (themes)… There are many, be- of Aug. 21. At a recent meeting in portance of the struggle and his cause I have visited many places in the Turkestan Region, Nur Otan activity can also be seen in Ka- our vast world,” said the activist. party First Deputy Chairman in the zakhstan’s recent ratification of new construction to continue Turkestan Region Beisen Tazhiba- Continued on Page A3 the Treaty on the Prohibition of yev assured that all appeals will be By Dilshat Zhussupova addressed. A one-time compensa- tory payment of 100,000 tenge NUR-SULTAN – More than (US$259.36) to each of Arys’ resi- 7,000 of 7,613 damaged houses in dents, a social support measure set Arys were repaired as of Aug. 21 by by Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Wildberries to open the Akmola, Atyrau, East Kazakh- Mamin, was also distributed by the stan, Karaganda, Kostanai, Kyzy- government in August. lorda, North Kazakhstan, Turkestan Arys volunteer Yevgeny Khisme- and Zhambyl Regions. The homes tov from the Karaganda Region was branch in AIFC, increase were heavily damaged June 24 by a not deterred by the difficulty of trav- large explosion at a munitions ware- elling to and living in the town shortly house nearby. after the warehouse explosion, when The explosion and resulting fires, kazpravda.kz Photo credit: the town was mostly closed to entry distribution capabilities which authorities determined was The whole country has been helping to rebuild Arys after the June 24 incident.