GAMBLING BUSINESS AS PART OF KAZAKHSTAN'S TOURISM POTENCIAL

This article examines possibilities of applying gaming industry as a tool for developing the tourism potential of Kazakhstan. It contains a detailed study of experience of foreign countries in regulation of gambling and its impact on the development of tourism in the state. This type of business affects the development of gaming tourism, which in turn can become a means of replenishing the state budget and contribute to the development of inbound tourism, a good example of this fact is the casino in Macau. The development of the tourism industry leads to the expansion of the tourist services provided. Thus, the emergence of tourist services related to gambling, the so-called junket tours, which have long been known in the world, and are quite new for our region. The definition of junket tours is given and features of their practical implementation are analyzed. Results of the Gambling Availability Score rating for residents in individual countries are analyzed. The final part of the article proposes a concept for the development of gambling tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the long-term period, which includes many directions and it is very important to approach this concept comprehensively