Abstract:
Nowadays tourism has become one of the leading sectors of the world economy. Development of tourism is a
priority direction in Kazakhstan’s policy. Intergovernmental cooperation in the tourism sphere is regulated
and organized by bilateral and multilateral international treaties. Thus, this article aims to examine international
legal acts and national legislation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in tourism sector, to analyze bases of
cooperation of states in the sphere of international tourism. Moreover, an activity of the World Tourism Organization,
fundamental principles of tourism established in international law documents, are analyzed, too.