When Events Become Engines of Tourism

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ASTANA — From Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to rural Somerset, festivals have long shown how a temporary event can place an overlooked destination on the global map. A recent trip to Katon-Karagai convinced me Kazakhstan is beginning to experience the same effect.  Burning Man brings tens of thousands of people into the Nevada desert. Glastonbury…

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