News of Research institute of Tourism

On May 18, 2025, a charity run with a fair and gifts was held near Arena City on Baurzhan Momyshuly Street in Almaty. All funds raised were donated to a foundation supporting special needs children. A total of 1,459 people participated in the race, including our employee, Olga Nikolaevna Dyomina, a lab assistant at the Research Institute of Tourism, along with her son Konstantin. The event was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of BI Group. Participants who completed the race received medals.

From April 23 to April 25, 2025, the Atakent Business Cooperation Center in Almaty hosted the annual largest tourism event in Central Asia – the 24th Kazakhstan International Exhibition “Tourism and Travel”.

The event was attended by 533 companies from 34 countries. As part of the exposition, the stands of 14 regions of Kazakhstan were demonstrated. The Scientific Research Institute of Tourism of Turan University made a small contribution to the exhibition. On a small table of 0.5 m2 (together with the Ile-Alatau National Park), promotional materials for admission to the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels of Turan University were demonstrated. They also presented tourist maps and guidebooks for the Northern Tien Shan and Zhetysu (Dzungarian) Alatau. In addition to the staff of the Research Institute of Tourism, students of the 2nd year of the educational program “Tourism” – Abiken Beknur, Zamanbek Ayana and Sarsenova Sabina helped at the stand.

Friends! It is possible that you know the name of Vitaly Dvoretsky – let’s not be afraid of this word – photo and video artist, creator of many wonderful photo and video works, traveler, tourist, climber. Fate decreed that Vitaly died tragically on July 30, 2018 in Kyrgyzstan, on the Scriabin glacier.  Vitaly Dvoretsky is a graduate of the University of Turan, Faculty of Tourism.  Through the Research Institute of Tourism of Turan University, an exhibition-competition in memory of Vitaly Dvoretsky is held annually. The Almaty Tourist Club “Romantic” NGO and the tourist community actively support this initiative and invite everyone to take part in this competition.

Photo/video materials should cover the topic “People and Mountains”, duration – video up to 4 minutes, video up to 10 minutes. No more than 3 photographs will be accepted from each participant, A4 format (hard laminated).

Video materials are uploaded through a Telegram bot – @memoryvd_bot,

Photos are accepted at the Research Institute of Tourism at the address: Satpayeva 16-18A office. 16

Coordinator: Olga Nikolaevna Demina – 8 777 255 0 256

On October 5, 2024, climbers, mountain tourists and mountain travel lovers gathered at the memorial “To those who died in the mountains”. This memorial was designed and built 25 years ago with funds raised by mountain climbers in Kazakhstan. And a rare case – in this anniversary year it turned out to be a warm sunny day. The official part of the memorial ceremony was traditionally opened by Honored Master of Sports in mountaineering Yuri Moiseev. To honor the memory of Turan University graduate Vitaly Dvoretsky, who died in 2018 in the mountains of the Kyrgyz Alatoo, Vitaly’s aunt, sister and niece, as well as his teacher, professor of Turan University Vladimir Nikolaevich Vukolov, came to the memorial. More than 200 people came to honor those who died in the mountains.

On September 27, 2024, the traveling part of humanity celebrated World Tourism Day. On this day in Almaty, an extended meeting of the Coordination Council of heads of tourism, local history, environmental and biological organizations was held at the Schoolchildren’s Palace. The moderator of the council was the director of the Republican Educational and Methodological Center for Additional Education of the MP of the Republic of Kazakhstan R.P. Cher. According to the program, a report was made on the topic “Potential for developing a model law on children’s and youth tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan.” The director of the Research Institute of Tourism of Turan University, Professor V.N. Vukolov made the report. At the meeting, participants discussed the most pressing issues. For active participation in the work of the Council, Professor V.N. Vukolov was presented with a letter of gratitude from RUMCDO.