The New York Times has published its traditional list of 52 places around the world worth visiting in the new year. According to the authoritative publication, Almaty, a city in southern Kazakhstan, ranks 25th on the list.
As the editorial board writes: “Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan with a population of two million, has the feel of a peaceful but active rural town. Almaty’s status as a cultural hub, though, is increasingly evident in its food scene. ‘Neo-nomad’ cuisine — focused on flour, water and meat — is being championed in hyper-contemporary style; sample it at Auyl or Tör. Cuisine from northwest China is on offer at Lanzhou Noodle, and great coffee at Sensilyo Coffee or JumpinGoat. Gaze upon the patchwork quilt of fruits and nuts splayed out at the Green Bazaar — and then try PlatformA, a large food hall that recently opened inside a Soviet Modernist building.”
The article is accompanied by a photo of the Holy Ascension Cathedral.
“Kazakhstan has been increasingly featured in the ratings of the world media in recent years, and being included in the New York Times rating indicates the growing interest of tourists in our country,” said Erzhan Yerkinbayev, Vice Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Almaty is the only city from the region included in this rating. Earlier in 2017, Kazakhstan was included in this list on the eve of the EXPO-2017 exhibition.
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