Interest in Central Asian ikat tourism is growing in the Benelux countries

    Tourism 6 March 2025 1605

    In the historic Holland House building in the Belgian capital, Elena Kharitonova, founder of the Dutch creative agency Caravan of Cultures and the Central Asian-European Creative Alliance, together with the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belgium, presented the Central Asian-European Ikat Hub platform.

    The head of the alliance stressed that the New Uzbekistan, which has become increasingly popular in recent years, certainly deserves the attention of European tourists and designers.

    "I am delighted that Uzbekistan carefully preserves the ancient traditions of hand embroidery and jewelry making," she said. - Our creative alliance is interested in implementing joint projects with Uzbekistan and other countries in the region. Our goal is to introduce the culture and traditions of ikata to interested circles in Europe to organize "textile tours" to Central Asia, where participants will be able to get acquainted with the culture and traditions of ikat production.