On March 13, 2019, a meeting with representatives of the travel company «Like Almaty» was held at the Middle East and South Asia Department of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. The meeting was attended by students and undergraduates-Arabists of the 1st and 2nd courses.

The guests at the meeting were: the representative of company «Like Almaty» Zaikenov Nursultan, the general director of the travel agency “HIKMET TRAVEL” Duysenov Aidos, the marketing specialist, the founder of the marketing agency Abdullayev Rasul, as well as the dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Paltore Yқtiyar Moldatoreuly and the head of the Arabic department Koptіleuova Dina Turgalievna.

During the meeting, a short video was shown about the project activities, then Zaikenov Nursultan presented the goals and directions of this project to students. The purpose of the visit of this company is the vocation of students, especially Arab students, taking into account the lack of professional guides who speak Arabic to the development of tourism in Kazakhstan. The guests also said that they are ready to provide students with special coaching and training in tourism.

The General Director of the travel agency “HIKMET TRAVEL”, Aidos Duysenov, noted that “Each country has its own characteristics and shortcomings, and these shortcomings can only be smoothed out by high-quality guide services.”

The dean of the faculty, Paltore Yktiyar Moldatoreuly explained to the students: «Today’s goal of this meeting, first, as President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev noted, is to provide young people with a safe future, instill students with efficiency and ability to earn. Secondly, you can increase your level of knowledge and qualifications, help you become popular specialists starting with students, and by doing this prove that the faculty of oriental studies of the Kazakh National University today is the largest and most widely accepted known center of oriental studies in Kazakhstan». Next, the dean shared with students about his experience in the field of tourism and translation.

During the meeting between the guests and the students, there was a free session in the form of questions and answers. Students were motivated and interested in this area, interesting questions were asked and the same answers to them. Marketer Abdullaev Rasul, shared with the subtleties of the tourism industry, his experience, and also gave some advice to young professionals. Kоptіleuova Dina Turgaliyevna suggested that representatives systematize the process of teaching undergraduate 1-year students, and also noted that this project will in fact be a useful start in the career of our future Arab Orientalists.