Perspectives of development of new types of tourism in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article presents a retrospective analysis of tourism development peculiarities in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The authors noted that currently in Azerbaijan tourism is developing dynamically, especially such types of tourism as ecological, beach and cultural-historical. All this contributed to the growth and development of resort areas. A comparative analysis of the development of tourism in these countries has shown that the advantage of Kazakhstan is a significant number of travel agencies, and the disadvantage is a high level of prices for hotel services and the development of mainly outbound tourism. In Azerbaijan there is a limited number of hotels in the southern regions, but at the same time attractive resources and more intensive development of beach tourism. The article stresses that it is expedient to develop new forms of recreation and tourism in order to attract tourists. One of the proposed types of tourism is a new ecologically contrasted tourism and ethno-Turkic tourism. The new ecologically contrastive kind of tourism will ensure the formation of the right ecological mentality and will help in the future to make the right decisions in the development of the economies of the countries taking into account the preservation of the environment and the rational use of natural resources. In addition, joint activities are recommended for the development of the Caspian region in the tourism sector. The conclusion concludes that Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are interested in developing joint projects on tourism.