Kazakhstan Tourism Industry Committee appeales to UNWTO

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Chairman of the Tourism Industry Committee of Kazakhstan Marat Yigaliyev sent a letter to Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai telling about the situation of Kazakhstani tourists - clients of Almaz Tourism travel company, the committee's press release reads.

The Tourism Industry Committee expressed gratitude to the UNWTO for its close cooperation and assistance. At the close of July 2014 clients of Almaz Tourism company ran into problems. They were demanded to re-pay for staying in the hotels of Trek Travel International LTD company that is Almaz Tourism counterpart. Such practice has been criticized by the world travel community. We would ask you once again to draw attention to inadmissibility of such actions that are harmful to the common efforts to create a prosperous world tourism market, the letter reads.

Yigaliyev also stressed that the committee takes every effort for early solution of this problem.