<story><title>The only tourist in Moldova</title><url>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/moldova-europe-least-visited-country/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kjellsbells</author><text>Central Asia still remains largely untouristed. I loved this article from the New York Times concerning a boy who taught himself Russian and then went to Kazakhstan with his father to immerse himself.&lt;p&gt;The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;russian-language-kazakhstan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E0.JI0w.vTjXrchBgoPo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;russian-language...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SomeoneFromCA</author><text>Central Asia (where I actually live) does not have much to see, esp. Kazakhstan. The main tourist destinations are historical monuments in Uzbekistan which has huge tourist influx lately (every time I am in Uzbekistan I see a good deal of tourists around hotels). Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have beautiful mountains, nature. Kazakhstan is bit dull post-Soviet place, Almaty resembles more some city in Eastern Europe than Asia.</text></comment>
<story><title>The only tourist in Moldova</title><url>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/moldova-europe-least-visited-country/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kjellsbells</author><text>Central Asia still remains largely untouristed. I loved this article from the New York Times concerning a boy who taught himself Russian and then went to Kazakhstan with his father to immerse himself.&lt;p&gt;The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;russian-language-kazakhstan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E0.JI0w.vTjXrchBgoPo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;russian-language...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>a2tech</author><text>We had a Turkmen exchange student a few years ago and her family has asked to Turkmenistan several times but we haven&amp;#x27;t taken them up on the offer. It does seem like an extremely unique place.</text></comment>