Klaus Mangold: «The goal is to further strengthen the position of Uzbekistan in the field of tourism in Europe»

On November 23, 2022 the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage hosted a meeting with Professor Klaus Mangold, chairman of the German company "Mangold consulting GMBH".

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov expressed his sincere gratitude to the high-ranking guest for the visit.

The meeting focused on projects underway as part of broad promotion of tourism potential of Uzbekistan in European countries and increase the flow of European tourists, issues reached during the meeting with Norbert Fiebig, President of German Travel Association (DRV) on November 18 this year, implementation of Destination Fourm project with participation of major tour operators, members of DRV, as well as a number of other issues.

"In March 2023, Berlin is planning to host the International Tourism Fair "ITB Berlin-2023" and an exhibition of archaeological treasures of Uzbekistan in Germany, - said Klaus Mangold. - The goal of these events is to draw attention of European tourists to Uzbekistan and make the sights of the country more widely known in the world, thereby strengthening the position of your country in Europe and the world".

At the end of the meeting, the sides agreed to create educational programs for representatives of tourism industry in Uzbekistan, widely promote the tourism potential of Uzbekistan in Europe, establish cooperation and opening of theme parks in Uzbekistan on the experience of Germany, organize a direct flight between Germany and Samarkand, as well as establish mutual cooperation on the exhibition of archeological treasures.