Strengthening and promoting the principle of "Law and order" is of particular importance in the fight against corruption. This approach not only ensures the targeted and transparent use of budget funds, but also builds public confidence in the rule of law. Thus, an external analysis in the tourism sector has been completed this year, which revealed a number of corruption risks. This was announced at a briefing in the Regional Communications Service by Denis Shakenov, head of the Anti-Corruption Service for East Kazakhstan Region. The analysis identified the risks of irrational use of budget funds when subsidizing the cost of building tourist facilities, risks in the field of licensing tour operators, as well as risks associated with public procurement for the organization of tourist events. In addition, the facts of unlawful restriction of access to tourist sites and illegal collection of fees from tourists have been revealed. Despite the active support and development of the tourism industry in the region, cases of inefficient subsidization of construction costs have been identified. Thus, the facts of cost recovery for tour facilities that were actually put into operation several years ago have been recorded, whereas these measures should apply only to facilities built after January 2022. The total amount of budget expenditures for such facilities is more than 500 million tenge. These facts raise doubts about the validity of subsidies and create prerequisites for possible unjustified expenditure of budget funds. In addition, in the field of licensing tour operators, shortcomings have been identified in verifying the reliability of the data provided, which allows entrepreneurs to circumvent the requirements and obtain licenses without actual compliance. "In all these cases, the materials were transferred to the authorized bodies to eliminate violations and consider the issue of responsibility of the perpetrators," Denis Shakenov said.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/anticorruption-vko/press/news/details/971488?lang=kk