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Uzbekistan, with its rich and diverse cultural and natural heritage, strives to turn itself into a one of major tourist destinations. The government has hired an international consultant to tailor a roadmap to make Uzbekistan more attractive for tourists
An advisory firm “Reformatics” has been assigned to develop Uzbekistan’s Tourism Strategy till 2040 which should ensure the integrated approach in promotion of all components of Uzbekistan’s tourism industry.
By launching a global marketing campaign, creating new tourist routes, and preparing investment packages for development of touristic sites and applying green innovations, Uzbekistan aims to raise the tourism’s share in gross domestic product till seven percent.
The successful implementation of the strategy should contribute to increasing the flow of foreign tourists to the country up to 20 million people per year, as well as domestic tourism up to 30 million people per year.
The agreement was signed on Wednesday following to the meeting with participation of Bahodir Rahmatov, Director of the Strategic Reforms Agency, Aziz Abdukhakimov, Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change, Umid Shadiev, Chairman of the Committee for Tourism, as well as Niko Gilauri, Managing Partner of "Reformatics.”
According to the official website, the firm was established by Georgia′s former Prime Minister, Nika Gilauri, who leads Reformatics together with his former chief advisers on economic reform, the business sector and governance Tamara Kovziridze and Vakhtang Lejava.
Uzbekistan’s Committee for Tourism Development has announced that 10.2 million foreign tourists visited the country in 2024, marking an increase by 1.5% compared to 2023. The flow of tourists from China increased by 1.8 times, from Italy by 1.5 times, and from India by 1.6 times.
For 2025, the governmental agency expects 12 million foreign visitors, while internal travellers will increase till 23 million people.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
China's national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country's eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday, up nearly 8% from a year earlier and setting a single-day record, state media CCTV reported.
Qantas Airways said a fire alert that triggered the pilot of a flight from Sydney to make a mayday call before landing safely at Auckland airport on Friday was likely a false alarm.
The airspace over Denmark's Aalborg Airport was reopened early on Friday (26 September) after a closure for the second night in a row due to suspected drone activity, police said.
The Dubai Fountain, one of the emirate’s most famous attractions, has been closed for much of the year as it undergoes major upgrades.
Denmark's Aalborg airport was closed due to drones in its airspace, police said early on Thursday (25 September), two days after the country's main Copenhagen airport was shut over drone sightings that raised European security concerns.
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