Abstract
Analysis of trends in the socio-economic development of the country and regions shows that at present more than half of the gross domestic product is produced in the service sector. The service sector is one of the most promising, rapidly developing sectors of the Kazakhstani economy. At the same time, tourism, as a subsystem of the service sector, has become an important branch of national and regional economies in many countries of the world, its growth rates, as a rule, are outstripping in relation to the service sector and the national economy as a whole. This defines entrepreneurship in tourism as an area of priority for the state, since its support and stimulation contribute to the acceleration of socio-economic development.