Tourist fee percentage rate was displaced with the fixed rate – Ministry of Culture and Sport Reports

On 1 January Kazakhstan introduced the bed tax – mandatory tourist fee payable by foreign guests. The tax was not imposed last year, but in the beginning of 2023, the 1% to 5% rates were approved in more than 30 cities and districts of Kazakhstan.

After a series of meetings between the Ministry and the business community, a decision was made to re-consider the tax and have it fixed.

In Almaty, Astana and Shymkent, the bed tax will be 0.5 Monthly Calculation Index, in other regions – 0.2.