title: ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS OF SPRINGS IN WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN FOR USE IN RELIGIOUS TOURISM
abstract: This work is devoted to the study of sacred springs in Western Kazakhstan, assessing their current state and prospects for use as objects of religious tourism. From the surveyed 75 springs of the West Kazakhstan region in the period 2012-2017, 20 springs corresponding to these parameters were identified. A field survey of famous Holy springs was conducted and their assessment as objects of recreation and cult worship was carried out. It is shown that on the territory of the region, Holy springs 
journal: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites