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Uzbekistan’s Khiva highlighted by a Moroccan Newspaper “Al-Inmae”: “Khiva - the Tourist Capital of the Islamic World in 2024”

18 April 2024

“Al-Inmae” newspaper: The city of Khiva has achieved the status of “Tourist Capital of the Islamic World in 2024”.

We had informed our readers earlier that the announcement of Uzbekistan’s Khiva as The Tourist Capital of the Islamic World in 2024 is being highlighted by many international mass media channels today. Another channel, which has posted about this announcement is the Moroccan Newspaper “Al-Inmae”.

The popular Moroccan newspaper Al-Inmae published an article entitled “Khiva – the tourist capital of the Islamic world in 2024”.

The newspaper writes that Khiva was declared as The Tourist Capital of the Islamic World in 2024 at the 11^th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held on 27-29 June 2022 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The article lists the five cities, which were put forward for their candidacy in this nomination, which includes Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sanliurfa (Turkey), Laos (Nigeria), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Khiva (Uzbekistan). This clearly shows the strong competition between the candidates for victory, however, as a result of Uzbekistan’s efforts in this direction, Khiva achieved the status of “Tourist Capital of the Islamic World in 2024”.

The authors of the article also note that in 2024, within the framework of “Khiva Tourist Capital of the Islamic World”, meetings of the ministers of tourism of the 57 OIC member states and heads of departments responsible for tourism will be held, scientific conferences, practical seminars, photo and art exhibitions will be held. These events will certainly serve to unlock the tourism potential of Uzbekistan by making the country more attractive and popular among foreign nationals, making more tourists from all over the world travel to Uzbekistan in 2024 and further on.

“Uzbekistan is a country rich in historical cities. The city of Khiva is one of the cities that were of great importance in all periods of history. This city, considered the pearl of the Khorezm region, is one of the important cities of Uzbekistan today. Thousands of tourists come to this city every year,” the article says.

The Moroccan publication emphasized that the city of Khiva was an important junction connecting two powerful powers - China and Rome through the Great Silk Road.

We would like to remind our readers that the best time for a trip to Khiva would be spring and fall, where you will enjoy your trip to this amazing tourist destination of Uzbekistan the most, escaping the extreme heat and cold, dwelling the historical streets of beautiful Khiva. We assure that you will be highly impressed by visiting Khiva as one of the destinations in your list of the trip to Uzbekistan.

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