Great success…
Yes according to the team at, trip price aggregator and global scourge of travel agents, Skyscanner – the glorious nation of Kazakhstan is the “top trending” destination for UAE travellers this Eid.
It’s not the most-searched-for vacation spot overall, but it does show the highest year-on-year increase (195 per cent) in ‘to’ box interest.
Why Kazakhstan?
I didn’t want to mention Borat because A) he’s a fictional character. B) After the release of Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan in 2006, the country of Kazakhstan made it clear that they felt the Sacha Baron Cohen depiction was disrespectful and entirely unrepresentative of Kazakhstan, and that his (satirical, and more focused on creating a vehicle for ridiculing certain aspects of American culture) depictions of the country were tantamount to defamation.
But – as it turns out, you can’t really talk about recent tourism in Kazakhstan effectively…
