Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites (Sep 2022)

CHARACTERISTICS AND TOURISM POTENTIAL OF THE BURABAY NATIONAL PARK (KAZAKHSTAN)

  • Emin ATASOY,
  • Evren ATIŞ,
  • Zhambyl KANAGATOV,
  • Beknur IZENBAEV,
  • Yerlan Sirimovich KABİYEV,
  • Asset SERALIYEV

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.43334-928
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43, no. 3
pp. 1129 – 1137

Abstract

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In this study, the geographical location and geographical features of the Republic of Kazakhstan were summarized and discussed, and the main advantages and disadvantages of Kazakhstan in terms of tourism were explicated. In the article, the geographical and ecological characteristics of the Burabay National Park, the number of tourists, the purpose and tasks of the establishment of the park and the historical development of the park were also deliberated. In this study, the tourism resources and accommodation potential of the national park, on the one hand, the most visited tourist attractions in and around the park area on the other hand were investigated. In the conclusion part of the article, the main problems observed in the Burabay National Park and its surroundings and what needed to be done to solve them were discussed. The most important aim of the research was to introduce the tourism potential and ecological richness of the Burabay National Parks to the readers.

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