OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2013. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev presented the Concept of Kazakhstan tourism industry development until 2020, developed on the instruction of the Head of State.

According to Issekeshev, the Concept includes five national tourism clusters with four national and more than 20 regional projects.

A key objective of the Concept is the creation of new permanent jobs. So as part of its implementation it is planned to increase several times the number of people employed in tourism and related sectors.

"The key to the successful implementation of the concept and the accelerated development of tourism is a pivotal role of the state, as demonstrated by the experience of Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Mexico, Morocco and other countries of the world."

Premier Akhmetov stressed that the development of tourism was directly linked to the creation of favorable infrastructure, and instructed to reckon it while developing the program of development of transport infrastructure at the request of the President.

"Kazakhstan has a vast territory with potentially attractive tourist areas. Implementation of this concept will give us the opportunity to create new jobs and generate new profitable business in the country ," the Prime Minister concluded.