The American newspaper The New York Times has compiled a list of 52 countries, attractive in terms of tourist sites. In the ranking of famous European and Asian countries, as well as the most exotic places in the world, Kazakhstan took the 26th place.

This happened due to the International Exhibition "EXPO", which will be held in Astana from June 10 to September 10, the Tien Shan Mountains, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2016, the ancient buildings of Almaty and the presence of five-star hotels.

In general, the first five places of the rating, from 1 st to 5 th, took the following places of interest and countries: the Canadian coast of Vancouver for surfing, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Jama Masjid Mosque in Indian Agra, the Zermatt resort in Switzerland and the Duba Plains Nature Park In the African Botswana.

The last places on the list, from 49th to 52nd, are Portland in Oregon, Hungarian Budapest, the South Bronx in New York and the Ryukyu archipelago in Japan.