Dec 3, 2006

Borat Boosts Kazakhstan Tourism

The citizens of the middle east Republic of Kazakhstan may not appreciate the way comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen portrays their country but it seems that there really is no such thing as bad publicity. According to the online hotel booking site Hotels.com there has been a huge increase in people enquiring about Kazakhstan since the movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," was released. According to Hotels.com there has been a 300% rise in enquiries for Kazakh hotels and they expect bookings to increase considerably.