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Kazakhstan

Europe & Central Asia

Kazakhstan is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

1,427,126

Latest verified value · 2025

International Tourism Receipts

$2.8B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Employment Share

5.3%

Latest verified value · 2018

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Kazakhstan has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Kazakhstan

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Kazakhstan.

3 indicators available
Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income

Kazakhstan is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 1,427,126 in 2025. International tourism receipts were $2.8B in 2024. Tourism's direct share of employment was 5.3% in 2018.

The figures shown here are drawn from Kazakhstan Bureau of National Statistics, UN Tourism, and OECD. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2004 and 2025.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Kazakhstan's international tourist arrivals increased by 549.8% between 2004 and 2025. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +9.3%. The sharpest annual decline was 74.2% in 2020.

Total growth

+549.8%

2004 to 2025

Average annual growth

+9.3%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

0.2M

Reported in 2004

Latest arrivals

1.4M

Reported in 2025

Largest annual increase

+181.4%

Change recorded in 2022

Largest annual decline

-74.2%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Kazakhstan. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2025

International Tourist Arrivals

1,427,126

Kazakhstan Bureau of National Statistics · 2025

Visitors Served by Accommodation Establishments for Inbound Tourism (Non-residents)

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$2.8B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2018

Tourism Employment Share

5.3%

OECD · 2018

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedHistorical

Rankings & Comparisons

How Kazakhstan compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

50% dashboard coverage

3 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Kazakhstan.

2 current0 reporting lag1 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2025 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Employment Share · 2018 · Historical

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for Kazakhstan

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

Kazakhstan Bureau of National Statistics

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals

Datasets

  • Visitors Served by Accommodation Establishments for Inbound Tourism (Non-residents)
✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2018

Official

Indicators

  • • Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Kazakhstan. Values are shown in millions.

Source: Kazakhstan Bureau of National StatisticsYears: 2004–2025Annual data

Dataset: Visitors Served by Accommodation Establishments for Inbound Tourism (Non-residents)

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.