Tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic

Sadyrbek Kozhokulov is a Research Associate at the Geography Department of M.M. Adyshev Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR). Senior Lecturer at the Department of Regional Studies and Kyrgyz Studies, Faculty of History and Regional Studies, Kyrgyz National University. He is Ph.D. in Human Geography.Gulnura Issanova is a PhD in Natural Sciences and is an Associate Professor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. As well as scientist and researcher at Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry and at Research Centre for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her research interests are focused on problems of soil degradation and desertification, Aeolian processes and water resources in Central Asian countries.Xi Chen is a Professor on Hydrology, Ecosystem, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System of Arid land. He is a Vice President of the Xinjiang branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and General Director of the Research Center for Ecology and Environmental of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

• Chapter1. General Introduction and Background on Tourism Development.- Chapter2. Physical–Geographical Characteristics of Kyrgyzstan and Data Sources on Tourism.- Chapter3. Theoretical Foundations on Tourism Sphere.- Chapter4. Statistical Analysis of Economic Effect of Tourism in Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter5. Tourism Potential and Zoning: Category and Types of Tourism.- Chapter6. Assessment of Tourism Impact on the Socio-Economic Spheres of the Issyk-Kul Region.- Chapter7. Specially Protected Natural Areas (Spna) as a Resource of Ecological Tourism in Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter8. Ecological Problems of the Issyk-Kul Region.- Chapter9. Conclusions and Recommendation for Tourism Development.