COMMITTEE

Chair of the Committee:

Zhanseit K. Tuymebayev – Chairman of the Board – Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Philology, Professor.

Deputy Chairs of the Committee:

Erkin E. Duisenov – Deputy Chairman of the Board – First Vice-Rector, Dr. Sc. in Law, Prof.

 

 
Kaye Chon – Dean and Chair Professor of School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

 

Kairat S. Sadvakassov - Chairman of the Management Board of JSC “National Company" Kazakh Tourism".
Aliya S. Aktymbayeva – Dean of the Faculty of Geography & Environmental Sciences, Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Recreational Geography & Tourism, KazNU, Cand. Sc. in Geography, Honored Worker of Tourism of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Hok Bun Ku - Prof., Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Abuduwaili Jilili  – Vice Secretary of the Party Committee Secretary of Commission for Discipline Supervision, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Alexandr Podvalov - Director of the Company "AG Tech" LLP and "Caspian Travel" LLP

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ruslan M. Baiburiyev – Head of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, PhD, Senior Lecturer / Research Fellow.
Zhanar G. Alchimbayeva – Director of the Public Fund “Kazakhstan National Parks Support Foundation” / Senior Research Fellow.
Aiman S. Shaken - Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences for Academic, Methodological, and Educational Work, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, PhD, Senior Lecturer.
Aina A. Rysmagambetova – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences for Research & Innovation Affairs and International Relations, PhD, Acting Associate Professor / Senior Research Fellow.
Imanaly Akbar  - Deputy Head of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism for Research & Innovation Affairs and International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, PhD, Senior Lecturer.
Dana K. Shokparova – Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan-China Joint Laboratory “Remote Sensing Technology and Applications” / Senior Lecturer of the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, PhD.
Alexandr M. Artemyev – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography & Tourism, KazNU / Leading Research Fellow, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Honored Tourism Instructor & Honored Worker of Tourism of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Yeldar Nuruly – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Research Fellow, PhD Candidate.
Gulbaram A. Kulakhmetova – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Senior Research Fellow, PhD; Regional Vice President Central Asia of ITSA
Zhanna M. Assipova  – Associate Professor of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Leading Research Fellow, PhD, Associate Professor.
Aliya G. Tankibayeva – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Senior Research Fellow, PhD.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Lina Zhong – Dr., Prof., Executive Dean of China Institute for Big Data Research in Culture & Tourism, Beijing International Studies University, China; Vice President of ITSA
Tony Tse – Doctor, Professor of Practice and Programme Director at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Dávid Dénes Lóránt – Doctor of Natural Sciences, Professor, John von Neumann University, Hungary.
Iwan Riady – S.Sos., M.Si., CHE, Rector of the Palembang Tourism Polytechnic, Indonesia.
Metin Kozak – PhD, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Communications, Kadir Has University, Türkiye.
Alexandr M. Artemyev – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography & Tourism, KazNU / Leading Research Fellow, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Honored Tourism Instructor & Honored Worker of Tourism of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Aliya G. Tankibayeva – Senior Lecturer of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Senior Research Fellow, PhD.
Roman V. Plokhikh – Associate Professor of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences.