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Residents’ Attitude Towards Ethno-Tourism in Ulytau, Kazakhstan

“…The "ethno-tourism"concept is focused on the culture, ethnicity, forms of cultural existence of the local community, which are unique to tourists and may differ from their culture (Yang and Wall, 2009;Vengesayi et al, 2009). Additionally, the connection between tourism, multiculturalism, and creativity (Rugkhapan, 2023), the impact of ethnic minority endorsers on social media to tourists' perception of authenticity (Dong et al, 2023), ethnic minority groups livelihood (Le et al, 2023) and aspirations of women in poverty who are working in tourism in Vietnam (DeJaeghere et al, 2022) were analyzed in some relevant research studies. De Lima (2016) characterized ethnocultural and ecological tourism as a cultural and economic expression of ethnic development.…”

“…Kazakhstan is a multi-ethnic country, more than 140 nations and ethnic groups are leaving there. Some authors highlighted the residents' attitude on the development of ethno-tourism in multi-ethnic countries like United States (Santos and Yan, 2008), Europe (Shaw et al, 2004), Japan (Maruyama & Woosnam, 2015), Vietnam (Le et al, 2023), and China (Huo et al, 2023;Wang et al, 2020). Ulytau region is a new region of Kazakhstan, it was created in 2022.…”