A regular issue of Syýahat Journal published by the State Committee for Tourism of Turkmenistan in the Turkmen, Russian and English languages attracts the readers by modern approaches to its design that provides a new vision of its content. The young periodical publication deserves the professionals’ interest and uses a creative approach aiming to respond to the dynamic changes in the industry and the needs of its readers.
The issue begins with the survey article Avaza National Tourism Zone: the Resort Cluster Expands Infrastructure about a new phase of ongoing transformations on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea. The construction of the Congress Centre and a shopping centre in Avaza is currently entering the final phase. The facilities to be built in the seaside resort include the cottage complex for 700 visitors with the best combination of comfort and cost effectiveness which will be reflected in an attractive price of accommodation as well as enhance access of holidaymakers with average income to resort recreation. Particular attention should be given to a multifunctional sports centre with ice rink that will provide new ample opportunities to promote sports activities, including winter sports, which have never practiced in the coastal region of our country before.
The article The Asian Games as the First Step towards the Olympic Games continues the theme of sports activities as a key priority on the agenda in our country. The readers can look through the article like the prism into not so distant future when Turkmenistan will be able to host the major sporting event of the planet. For this purpose the firm and reliable groundwork is being created in our country through adopting best international practices and involving professionals in organizing major sporting events.
In this regard, the preparations for the V Asian Indoors and Martial Arts Games in 2017 - the first event of such kind in our country – are viewed as an opportunity to learn to organize large-scale competition, gain experience and professional skills, promote the national practice and rise to a new stage.
The State Committee for Tourism is continuing to present the tourist potential of our country on the international scale this year. The exhibition tour of Europe arrived in Madrid in January, where the 34th Fitur International Tourism Fair took place. In March, the State Committee for Tourism participated in the International Tourism Exhibition ITB in the capital of Germany that Turkmenistan made a debut at last year. Knights of the Wind and the Waves Meet on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea – this is the title of the article covered with the romance of adventure announcing that Turkmenistan has been included for the first time in the calendar of the Windsurf World Cup, which is held each year by the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) in the format of the world windsurfing tour. The 5th Windsurf World Cup 2014 will be held at the Ýelken Club in the Avaza national tourism zone on July 1-6, 2014.
The ethnographic specificity, which no issue of Syýahat can be imagined without, is brought by the article The National Colours of Fashion Shows about the traditions of national costume that is perceived by Turkmen fashion designers in a new way in their fashion collections. Also, the issue tells the readers about the events taking place in the world of international tourism.
The article The Asian Games as the First Step towards the Olympic Games continues the theme of sports activities as a key priority on the agenda in our country. The readers can look through the article like the prism into not so distant future when Turkmenistan will be able to host the major sporting event of the planet. For this purpose the firm and reliable groundwork is being created in our country through adopting best international practices and involving professionals in organizing major sporting events.

In this regard, the preparations for the V Asian Indoors and Martial Arts Games in 2017 - the first event of such kind in our country – are viewed as an opportunity to learn to organize large-scale competition, gain experience and professional skills, promote the national practice and rise to a new stage.
The State Committee for Tourism is continuing to present the tourist potential of our country on the international scale this year. The exhibition tour of Europe arrived in Madrid in January, where the 34th Fitur International Tourism Fair took place. In March, the State Committee for Tourism participated in the International Tourism Exhibition ITB in the capital of Germany that Turkmenistan made a debut at last year. Knights of the Wind and the Waves Meet on the Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea – this is the title of the article covered with the romance of adventure announcing that Turkmenistan has been included for the first time in the calendar of the Windsurf World Cup, which is held each year by the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) in the format of the world windsurfing tour. The 5th Windsurf World Cup 2014 will be held at the Ýelken Club in the Avaza national tourism zone on July 1-6, 2014.
The ethnographic specificity, which no issue of Syýahat can be imagined without, is brought by the article The National Colours of Fashion Shows about the traditions of national costume that is perceived by Turkmen fashion designers in a new way in their fashion collections. Also, the issue tells the readers about the events taking place in the world of international tourism.