On November 20, 2020, at 14.00, the Scientific and educational Department "Tourism and service" Of the School of Economics and Management of Narkhoz University together with the Department of recreational geography and tourism of al - Farabi Kazakh National University held an inter-University forum. Topic of the Forum: «New silk road. Transport logistics and regional economy". The event was organized in the format of an Online platform dedicated to discussing the revival of the Great Silk Road and the promotion of Kazakhstan as a shopping center and a recognizable tourist destination in Central Asia. 

Within the framework of the Interuniversity forum " New silk road. Transport logistics and regional economy " there was one section on tourism development, diversification and new sectors of the economy, which served as a convenient information platform for reports, presentations of projects and innovative solutions.

Key topics of the forum:

1) New Silk Road and new sectors of economic development/ New silk road and new branches of economic development: Albina Usenova, 1st year master's student, Narkhoz University

2) China's Mega Project - One Belt One Road - The New Silk Road / Chinese mega project "one belt-one road": Baisholan Nazerke PhD student at al-Farabi Kazakh national University, master of HTMi (Switzerland), Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland)

3) Silk Road: success in solving logistics problems / silk road: success in solving logistics problems: kulakhmetova G. A., PhD, associate Professor, al-Farabi Kazakh national University

4) Zhibek Zholy elderinin turistik aleueti / Tourism potential of the silk road countries-Urkumbayev Kanat 2nd year master's student of al-Farabi Kazakh national University, Asetova anel 1st year master's student of Narkhoz University

5) Historical and cultural heritage of the Kazakhstan section of the great silk road - a factor of sustainable development of the tourism industry - imanbekova B. T., Deputy Dean of the faculty of Economics and business of ATU

6) silk Road-the way of dialogue-K. Mamutova-Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan tourist Association

Speaker-PhD, associate Professor, corresponding member of the International Academy of Informatization ableeva A. G.

Moderator-Ph. D., associate Professor B. I. Aktymbaeva.

The forum was attended by over 50 people: teachers, undergraduates of the NOD "Tourism and service", and teachers, doctoral students and undergraduates of the Department of recreational geography and tourism of al-Farabi Kazakh national University, as well as Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan tourist Association K. Mamutova.Following the results of the interuniversity forum, it was decided to hold such meetings on a regular basis with the involvement of representatives of other domestic and foreign universities.All participants noted the relevance and novelty of the information platform and supported the idea of constantly updating forum topics based on debates.

Organizers: research club of undergraduates NOD "Tourism and service ", "Hospitality as a science".