Abstract
Tourism and local lore activities in the system of geographical education are the leading direction of learning the history, natural features, ethnography and cultural heritage of the region and shaping the local image of the region. The aim of the research was to determine the effectiveness of organisation and implementation of tourism and local lore activities by geography teachers in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The research started with a review of research and literature of Kazakh and world scientists who studied tourism and local lore, and a questionnaire survey was developed that included 16 questions. The survey was distributed to geography teachers via Facebook and WhatsApp, and responses were received from 73 respondents. The survey responses were analyzed based on the coding of the respondents (P1 to P73). As a result of the survey, it was found that 47.9% of respondents have not organized tourism and local lore activities, lack of necessary equipment, lack of funds from school administration and a big number of commitments to teachers from district education department. The results of this survey will help to effectively plan and organize tourist and local lore activities of geography teachers, to manage, methodologically provide and be competent in this direction.