www.thegreatsilkroad.com Under the state programme for tourism expansion in Kazakhstan for the period of 2007-2011, the development of tourism in Baikonur space centre is given a priority.
A tourist space centre will be created in Baikonyr city with a whole complex of modern hotels and tourist entertainment centres, including the unit which will imitate a flight control centre, a planetarium, Museum of Space Exploration History, a network of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and cafes.
For the development of tourist industry in Baikonur, the organisers intend to draw on the experience of tourism activity on Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, where an entertainment tourist space centre was constructed.
Russian colleagues will be involved in the project. Russia leases Baikonur space centre from 1994. The parties agreed to prolong the term of lease till 2050.
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