The largest international tourism exhibition "World Travel Market" is taking place in London from November 6 to 8. The delegation of Uzbekistan includes representatives of the Tourism Committee, the National PR Center, Uzbekistan Airways and a number of travel companies.
At the initiative of the Tourism Committee, in order to promote the tourism potential of the city of Samarkand around the world, the delegation of the Samarkand region takes part in the prestigious international tourism fair "Montreal International Tourism and Travel Show - 2023".
The international gastronomic festival "Taste Tashkent", organized jointly with the Committee on Tourism, has started in Tashkent. 10 leading restaurants of the capital take part in it.
On October 31 of this year, the Tourism Committee and the International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of cooperation on tourism development, including the promotion of pilgrimage tourism to a new level.
According to the Statistics Agency, in January-September 2023, 4,069.9 thousand foreign citizens entered the Republic of Uzbekistan to visit relatives.
Within the framework of the 25th General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Mastercard global payment system was held in Samarkand.
Samarkand continues to receive foreign delegations from 130 countries on the eve of the 25th anniversary session of the General Assembly of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Secretary of the Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought Ibrahim Tiav visited the Silk Road Samarkand Tourist Center.
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Iran Bahodir Abdullayev took part in the 5th meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), held in Ardabil (Iran) on October 5 this year.
As you know, a number of tourism destinations are developing rapidly in the Republic of Karakalpakstan today. Ancient fortresses located in the southern regions of Karakalpakstan, and the world-famous I.V. Savitsky State Art Museum in Nukus - historical and cultural tourism, the Aral Sea and the Ustyurt Plateau - ecotourism, the artisans of Shymkent, vividly demonstrating local culture and traditions - ethnotourism - all these are the main directions.