Associate professor of the Department of Chinese studies took part in the forum dedicated to the sphere of Culture and tourism of the PRC - Central Asian countries

The forum "Development of Central Asian culture and tourism industry "Silk Road" was held in Almaty from March 21 to 23, 2024. (丝绸美丽中亚文旅上江上海设计). The Forum of Central Asian countries in the field of culture and tourism is being held in Almaty for the first time. The organizer of the event is Kazakhstan, but the initiator was the Chinese. According to the organizers of the forum, now the countries of the world are planning to attract Chinese tourists as one of the main destinations.Yerzhan Kerimbayev, Associate Professor of the Department of Chinese Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, took part in the forum and made a report. In his report "Tourism is one of the directions of intercultural relations in the context of globalization", Kerimbayev spoke about the importance of widespread promotion of Kazakh culture among tourists coming to our country and ways of implementation. The forum participants commented on the report: "We paid more attention to the material culture of Kazakhstan and neglected the spiritual culture. The report of the KazNU associate professor made us think and changed our approach." https://todayinfo.kz/elge-twrist-tartwgha-berilgen-muemkindik-almatyda-qazaq-qytaj-forwmy-oetip-zhatyr/