Uzbekturizm at an International Travel Fair

Tourism infrastructure has been steadily advancing in our country under the leadership of President Islam Karimov.

Uzbekistan’s tourism capacities were demonstrated this time around at the international travel fair FITUR-2014 in Madrid on 22-26 January 2014.

The venture is one of the major international tourism fairs in the world. Some 10 thousand travel firms and companies, specialists of the field from 165 countries around the globe took part at the exhibition this time. More than 200 thousand people visited the fair.

Uzbekistan has for several years been taking part in this international tour exposition. This year, our country was represented by the personnel of the Uzbekturizm national company, the Uzbekistan Airways national air company, the Uzbekiston Temir Yullari state stock railway company, as well as a number of travel firms and companies from our nation.

The exhibition participants were presented with albums, booklets and brochures narrating the tour attractions, historical and architectural monuments of our ancient cities like Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Shahrisabz and Khiva.

The national stand of Uzbekistan, designed with sights of our inimitable nature, photo materials on unique historical monuments in our land, and national fabrics, attracted an enormous interest among visitors. The latter also liked the Uzbek national meals and sweeties.

According to the Uzbekturizm national company, the Uzbek delegation members held meetings in Madrid with heads of a number of international organizations. Notably, the Chairman of the Uzbekturizm Farrukh Rizaev met with Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization Taleb Rifai. The two officials discussed issues pertinent to the further enhancement of cooperation, implementation of joint projects, and conduct of the 99th session of the Executive Council of the UNWTO in Samarkand due October this year.

The participation of Uzbekistan’s representatives in the fair will facilitate the intensification of efforts directed at promoting our country’s tourism potential, development of international cooperation in this field, familiarization with novelties and changes in the global tourism market, and boosting the inflow of foreign tourists into our land.