Increasing the tourism potential of the country

On November 5, 2021, a press conference was held on the topic "Increasing the tourist potential in our country, the implementation of decrees and decisions adopted by the President of our country."

Speaking at the conference, First Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sports Ulugbek Azamov noted that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government took a number of measures to develop the tourism industry and reduce the negative impact of problems in the tourism sector.

Considering that this is one of the areas most affected by the pandemic in the world, 260,000 jobs, 1,400 tourism organizations and 1,360 accommodation facilities have been created in the country. To support the activities of guide-translators, tourist enterprises and specialists in the field, loans, tax incentives in the amount of 2 million 200 thousand were provided.

In particular, 6.5 billion soums were allocated to support the tourism business in the first nine months of this year. The amount was allocated from the state budget.

As a result of practical work carried out to restore the tourism sector, over 9 months the country was visited by 1 million 200 thousand (1 135 621) foreign tourists, and the export of tourism services amounted to $ 273 million.

According to the analysis, in 2021, Uzbekistan from some countries of Western Europe, America and the CIS exceeded the expected number of tourists. Due to the restriction in countries such as Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea), the flow of tourists was low.

At the initiative of regional investment programs and business entities in 2021, 318 projects were implemented in the field of tourism and sports for a total amount of 1 trillion. 84 billion, resulting in 2,954 new jobs.