The concept for the development of the tourism sector in Uzbekistan for 2019-2025 was approved by the decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev. “The goal is to transform tourism into a strategic sector of the economy by diversifying and improving the quality of services, as well as improving the tourism and transport infrastructure,” Interfax quotes Deputy Prime Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov as saying. According to him, first of all, measures will be taken to improve the legislative framework and introduce international norms and standards in the field of tourism.
At the same time, according to the decree, from February 1, a visa-free regime for 30 days is introduced for citizens of 45 countries. Basically, these are countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – and these are almost all EU countries, the USA, Japan, Israel, etc. In addition, the list of states whose citizens can obtain an electronic visa to Uzbekistan is expanding by 76 countries. For the convenience of tourists, from March 15, a double-entry and multiple-entry electronic visa will be introduced. …
“The tasks have been set to increase in 2025 the share of tourism in the gross domestic product of Uzbekistan to 5% from 2.3% at the end of 2017, and the number of foreign tourists to more than 9 million,” the Prime Minister also said. At the same time, according to the State Committee for Tourism Development of the Republic, at the end of 2018, the export of tourist services amounted to $ 950 million.In 2017, the growth in the number of foreign visitors amounted to 32.7% and exceeded 2.69 million people, in 2018 – about 5.3 million …