On June 5, 2024, I received a plaque from Ambassador Zhumagalev at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in The Hague, The Netherlands. I am appointed by the Kazakhstani Joint Venture ‘Kazakh Tourism’ as its representative in the Netherlands. This is in honor of my efforts for tourism from the Netherlands (and other countries) to Kazakhstan for the last 18 years.

Kazakh Tourism’s official task is to promote tourism to Kazakhstan.

Tourism to the country is indeed gradually increasing, but it can still be said that a traveler to Kazakhstan can tell stories at parties that few will be familiar with!