BISHKEK, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyzstan has launched a sustainable tourism development program running till 2030, the official Kabar news agency reported on Monday.

The program aims to create favorable conditions for developing a competitive, sustainable and popular tourism sector, said the Ministry of Economy and Commerce.

The program includes nine priority areas to be addressed by 2030, which focus on optimizing tourism policies, fostering a consumer market, digitizing tourism services, ensuring industry safety, preserving cultural and natural heritage, developing regional and industry infrastructure, adopting green technologies, and promoting medical, sports and health tourism.

The program's key goals include placing Kyrgyzstan among the Top 50 countries in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, increasing tourism's GDP share to 7 percent, achieving 10 percent annual growth in tourist numbers, and scoring 70 points or more in the international mountain tourism safety rating. Enditem

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