Гостеприимство в Саты: PolyU и КазНУ изучили, как туристы и жители взаимодействуют в селе

How do visitors and residents get to know each other in Saty? What role do local women play in welcoming guests and developing tourism in the village? These questions guided a series of in-depth interviews conducted as part of a joint project between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU).

Sakypbek Mereke Amanzholkyzy, the project’s Principal Investigator at KazNU, coordinated the fieldwork in Saty. Satkali Ilan Kuanyshkyzy took part in the fieldwork as a research assistant on the KazNU team.

The interviews explored where and how visitors and residents come into contact, how hosting guests fits into local women’s everyday lives, and how these encounters relate to residents’ participation in tourism. The fieldwork forms part of the study Gendered Dynamics of Tourist–Resident Social Contact and Social Sustainability in Community-Based Tourism: Evidence from Saty, Kazakhstan. The interviews will help the team examine what supports socially sustainable tourism in the village.