For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan

It seems that Kazakhstan is having quite the tourist boom. From The UK Sun:

Borat causes tourism boom
It�s been dubbed the Borat Bounce.

Kazakhstan � ridiculed in the smash hit movie featuring Sacha Baron Cohen�s outrageous TV reporter � is having the last laugh as tourists flock there to see what all the fuss is about.

The central Asian republic, the ninth largest country in the world, was virtually a tourist-free zone until the film�s success.

National leaders had been concerned the mickey-taking movie, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, would damage the country�s reputation.

Erlan Idrissov, Kazakhstan�s ambassador to Britain, had said: �Many Kazakhs who have seen Borat on television have been offended.�

But now the reverse is happening. Since the film premiered last year, a new poll has found that thousands of travellers worldwide have nominated Kazakhstan as their No1 MUST-SEE destination for 2007.

As a result, the national airline, Air Astana, has added a third weekly flight from the UK. Major international chains have opened plush new hotels in the big cities of Almaty and Astana.

Heh... Very cool -- probably a fascinating place to visit, interesting history and geology.