Yerzhan Kazykhanov is the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan. In April of 2012, during a session of the Kazakh Parliament, he mentioned that a certain creative event from a few years ago had directly resulted in a tenfold increase in the number of visas (mostly tourists) to Kazakhstan. He also expressed his gratitude for the same to the person responsible.
Who did he thank?
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The character
"Borat" created by the British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, which also featured in a film in 2006. The character 'Borat' is from Kazakhstan and is a parodic stereotype of Kazakh culture. The film was banned in Kazakhstan for painting a terribly unflattering picture of the country.