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- 05.07.2023 09:33:00
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In order to organize tourism promotion abroad, Uzbekistan has reached an agreement on cooperation with online streaming platforms Netflix and Amadeus. This was announced by the Minister of Culture and Tourism Ozodbek Nazarbekov at the international conference on the topic "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan - the basis of the New Renaissance".
It is noted that in January-June 2023, in order to further expand the network of cultural institutions, to strengthen their material and technical base, as well as to provide high-quality cultural and entertainment services to the population, the cost was 144.2 billion soums. 33 public-private partnership agreements were signed.
Also, in the direction of organizing tourism promotion abroad, the BBC of the United Kingdom, CNN of the United States, the global television companies Euronews of Europe, the large online streaming platforms of the United States Netflix and Amadeus, the online travel platform "Trip.com" of China, the Holiday factory of the United Arab Emirates an agreement was reached with the administration of the tourist company, Visa Facilitation Services Global, on the promotion of tourism potential.
In 2023, 10 million foreign tourists will be attracted to the country, and trips of 20 million local residents will be organized. As a result, the export of tourism services in the amount of 2 billion dollars will be realized.
"By the end of the year, 1.2 million pilgrims from Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Israel, India and the CIS countries will be attracted to the pilgrimage tourism," the report said.
Number of tourists and export of services
According to estimates, the number of tourists who entered the republic in 2019 increased by 3.3 times compared to 2016.
About 6.7 million tourists traveled in Uzbekistan that year.
As a result, tourism services worth 1.6 billion dollars were exported.
This indicator was equal to 430.7 million dollars in 2016.
Source: daryo.uz
