President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization Mr. Taleb Rifai at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent on 7 October.
Welcoming the guest, the head of the state noted that Uzbekistan and the international organization were successfully developing relations.
“We highly value the cooperation and common intent to develop relations in opening and developing the tourism, cultural and historical potential of our land,” Islam Karimov said.
Uzbekistan joined the UNWTO in 1993. It is an executive agency of the UNDP and the world’s leading institution in the field of tourism. The organization united over 150 countries and implements numerous projects in the area of tourism, promoting intercultural exchange.
Uzbekistan has established close cooperation with the UNWTO, which helps increase the tourism potential of the country and expand its relations with other states in this sector.
In 2004, UNWTO opened a regional office in Samarkand to coordinate the work of national tourism organizations of the countries located on the historic path of the Great Silk Road. The center has a united information database, which collects valuable data on sights and historical monuments of the regional states.
Every year, Tashkent hosts international tourism fair under the aegis of the UNWTO. The forum, currently underway in the capital, has gathered representatives of more than 20 countries.
In the framework of the fair, the UNWTO on 8-9 October will hold a session on development of tourism on the Great Silk Road in the city of Samarkand.
At the talks with President Islam Karimov, Taleb Rifai expressed high interest of his organization in deepening all-round cooperation with Uzbekistan.
The sides exchanged opinions on the expansion of the interaction between Uzbekistan and the UNWTO, as well as on other issues representing mutual interest.
;)
;)
;)
Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent hotel is announced as The Best Hotel 2010 at Tashkent's International Tourism Fair organized by Uzbektourism on October 7, 2010.TITF is organized annually. This year's Tourism Fair was organized on a top level and many countries showed interest to join the exhibition.TITF has become the most popular tourism exhibition in Central Asia.Each year national agency of Uzbektourism awards hotels as well as restaurants for...
32nd international tourism exhibition «TOP RESA», the largest professional exhibition for outbound tourism in France was opened in "Raris, Porte de Versailles» exhibition center, Paris. This year Uzbekistan was presented by a single national stand, which was organized with the cooperation of Uzbektourism, Embassy of Uzbekistan in France and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan affiliated to UNESCO. According to statement...
According to the expert results statistics of Uzbekturizm, the level of domestic, outbound and inbound tourism service increased from 416.02 thousand people in 1993 to 965.7 thousand in 2010. Traditionally, 27 September whole world celebrates the International Day of Tourism, which was established by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 1979 in Torremolino, Spain. Since 1995, Uzbekistan is a member of the World...
The 16th Tashkent International Tourism Exhibition (TITE) "Tourism along the Silk Road -2010" will be held in Tashkent at the UzExpo Centre from 7th to 8th of October, 2010 According to the results: One of the largest Exhibitions of the Central Asia region - XV Tashkent International Tourist Fair "Tourism along the Silk Road" was held on November 21-22, 2010 in Tashkent, at the Academy of Art, "Hamar" pavilion. The organizers of this...
An analytical article recently published by the Russian Union of Travel Industry which calls Uzbekistan as the most promising destination among CIS countries.This conclusion is made by the experts of RATE-news based on the data of Rosstat (Russia’s state statistics committee) which also includes the results of the survey of Russian tour operators working in the travel market of CIS countries.According to the Russian statistics service, at the...
