Kazakhstan’s tourism industry ranked 81st out of 136 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitive-ness Index 2017. This indicates that the country’s rank has moved up from the 85th position in 2015. If we compare it with the rankings of other post-Soviet countries, we can see that Russia is ranked 43rd, Georgia is 70th, Azerbaijan is 71st, and Kyrgyzstan is 115th. Step 57 of the “Plan of the Nation – 100 concrete steps to implement the five institutional reforms” set out by President Nursultan Nazarbayev envisaged the attraction of strategic (anchor) investors, who have successful experience in creating tourist clusters.