Tajikistan
Tourists head off the beaten track in CEE and Eurasia
Exotic destinations in Central Asia and the Caucasus saw the region’s sharpest increase in tourist spend in the last seven years, a report from the WNWTO shows.
Turkish, Russian devaluations are spilling over into Central Asia and the Caucuses
The Turkish currency crisis is not expected to cause contagion in other emerging markets but it has hurt the currencies of its regional neighbours where it plays a more important role via trade, banking and investment links.
Brutal terrorist attack in Tajikistan savage blow to fledgling tourism industry efforts
Officials who declared 2018 a Year of Tourism will be horror-struck by apparent IS ambush in nation’s celebrated “Roof of the World” region.
US to tolerate India’s Iran trade corridor but demands end to oil imports
Nikki Haley tries to arrange quid pro quo on visit to New Delhi but it is not clear PM Narendra Modi will budge on Iranian crude shipments.
Kazakhstan among nations cheering SCO’s ‘victory’ over the G7
Astana has $13bn of deals to celebrate but summit again showed Russia and China’s struggle for influence in the ‘Stans’ is far from settled.