Air Astana launches stopover packages
Air Astana Holidays, a division of Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, Air Astana, has launched a new Astana & Almaty Stopover Holiday programme designed to attract increased numbers of international visitors to Kazakhstan.
The programme will provide visitors with hotel accommodation including breakfast at a choice of hotels, arrival and departure airport transfers by private car and optional half-day sightseeing tours in the two cities.
The programme launches with three participating properties in Astana: the King Hotel Astana, Grand Park Esil Hotel and Ramada Plaza Astana Hotel; and five properties in Almaty: the Rixos Almaty Hotel, the Rahat Palace, the Royal Tulip, the Grand Tien-Shan and the Iris Hotel.
The programme allows visitors arriving on any Air Astana flight at Astana or Almaty international airports to build on a basic package of one night and simply add additional nights depending on the intended length of their stay.
Available every day, prices start from US$125 per person for the first night and US$75 for additional nights (twin/double share accommodation).
The half-day city tours have guaranteed daily departures irrespective of the number of visitors booked for that day. City tours in Almaty and Astana cost US$85 per adult and US$45 per child.
In association with international destination marketing company, My Destination, visitors using the Astana & Almaty Stopover Holiday will also be entitled to use a range of privileges at food and beverage outlets in Astana and Almaty.
Every arriving visitor will also receive a free local Active sim card under the Welcome-15 Plan, already charged with 15 free international sms credits.
The programme is distributed broadly across Air Astana’s existing sales channels.
"Precedent has shown that those airlines that have provided such a programme to their overseas markets significantly stimulate international passenger arrivals and underpin tourist development in the country," said Richard Ledger, director sales worldwide – Air Astana.
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