Umid Shadiyev, Chairman of the Committee on Tourism, held a meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Benjamin Ismail, Director of the Malaysian Airline Air Asia, during which issues of expanding cooperation in the field of tourism and the implementation of joint projects were discussed.
Taking into account the permission granted by Air Asia to operate regular flights to Uzbekistan, special attention is paid to the prospects of attracting tourists from Malaysia and implementing joint marketing projects.
Following the negotiations, an agreement was reached on further elaboration of travel packages for the transportation of Malaysian residents to Uzbekistan within the framework of the Umra Plus program, which provides for a combination of pilgrimage and tourist trips.
The Tourism Committee and together with the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Russia organized a visit to Uzbekistan by the creative group of the “Znanie Sila” program of the popular Russian Channel 5 TV channel, which has a wide audience.
In order to fully and effectively use the possibilities of medical and wellness tourism in the country, establish clusters of medical tourism and modern hotel-type sanatoriums, and create a system of additional support for business entities engaged in these types of activities, the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On additional measures for the further development of medical and wellness tourism in the Republic of Uzbekistan" was adopted.
The Tourism Committee participated in the Danish Travel Show, the largest tourism fair in Scandinavia (Northern Europe), which was held in Herning, Denmark, from February 21 to 23.
The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by the first Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Tourism Jamshid Abdusalamov in Yakutia held talks with the head of the Republic of Sakha Aisen Nikolaev.
The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by the first Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Tourism Jamshid Abdusalamov in Vladivostok, held talks with the Governor of Primorsky Krai Oleg Kojemyako.
