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There’s a new airport in Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat and it looks fierce! The falcon-like structure cost $2.3 billion and can process over 1600 passengers an hour. Unfortunately, only 105,000 tourists visited the country in 2015 or 12 an hour which made a lot of people question the purpose of the project.
Turkmenistan gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It produces about 70 billion cubic metres of natural gas each year which is the main source of income for the country with the population of 5 million. Like many post-soviet countries, it suffers high levels of corruption. It also has dictatorship rule, therefore the media is controlled by the government.
(h/t: bbc)
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What do you think ?
Vincent Jay 8 years ago
Beautiful building, but I question the wisdom of spending that much money on a building, when millions of Turmeni citizens are living in relative poverty.
Uche E 8 years ago
They're not living in "relative poverty". Who told you that??
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Vincent Jay 8 years ago
Beautiful building, but I question the wisdom of spending that much money on a building, when millions of Turmeni citizens are living in relative poverty.
Uche E 8 years ago
They're not living in "relative poverty". Who told you that??
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