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Around 100 Entrepreneurs Report Major Losses in Kyrchyn

From 24.kg · () Russian

Translated from Russian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • About 100 entrepreneurs selling food and drinks in Kyrchyn during the World Nomad Games say they lost money because their yurts were placed away from visitor traffic.
  • Vendors say they paid 50,000 soms to rent each yurt and were told the site could receive up to 500,000 tourists daily.
  • One vendor said she borrowed 300,000 soms, while officials reported more than 200,000 visitors to the ethnographic town during its first three days.

Around 100 entrepreneurs who sold goods in Kyrchyn during the World Nomad Games say they suffered losses because the trading areas were poorly organized. The yurts assigned to them stood away from the main flow of visitors, they said.

Organizers installed about 300 yurts near the ethnographic town for food and drink sales. Vendors said the local government rented each yurt for 50,000 soms and promised that up to 500,000 tourists would arrive each day. They also said they had been told that only they would sell food in the area.

According to the entrepreneurs, parking near the yurts was removed, while additional food stalls opened inside the ethnographic market. A bridge separated the yurts from the market, leaving the vendors farther from the main stream of visitors. They said few people reached their stalls, causing prepared food to go unsold and perish.

Vendor Zhanar Usonova described her situation on Instagram and appealed to President Sadyr Japarov and the public. She said she has six children and had expected to earn money to prepare them for the school year. “The rent was 50,000 soms, food cost 100,000, and I bought meat for another 100,000. I borrowed all that money. Customers did not come to us, and we did not know what to do. When we tried to move where there were more people, so we could at least sell coffee and tea, the police would not let us through. We got caught in the rain, and everyone became ill. In the end, I was left with a debt of 300,000 soms.” The ethnographic town operates from September 2 to 6 and received more than 200,000 visitors in its first three days.

The rent was 50,000 soms, food cost 100,000, and I bought meat for another 100,000. I borrowed all that money. Customers did not come to us, and we did not know what to do. When we tried to move where there were more people, so we could at least sell coffee and tea, the police would not let us through. We got caught in the rain, and everyone became ill. In the end, I was left with a debt of 300,000 soms.

· Zhanar UsonovaA vendor describes the costs, lack of customers and debt she says resulted from the arrangement of the trading areas.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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