A guidebook to Uzbekistan was published in Seoul in Korean with a circulation of 200 thousand copies.
In order to attract foreign tourists to travel to Uzbekistan, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Seoul presented a guide for tourists, developed jointly with the Travel Book publishing house.
The event was attended by the heads of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Republic of Korea - Central Asia", diplomatic missions accredited in Seoul, tour operators and representatives of local media.
The presentation provided information about tourist destinations in Uzbekistan, ancient architectural monuments of Uzbekistan, historical cities and sites included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Participants were also acquainted with information about the opportunities created in recent years for tourists visiting Uzbekistan for recreational tourism, sports, pilgrimage, health and other types of tourism.
Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Cooperation Forum "Republic of Korea - Central Asia" Lee Jungkook highly appreciated the published tourist guide and noted that Uzbekistan today attracts tourists from all over the world with its historical cities and ancient monuments such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz, Khiva, beautiful natural landscapes and the hospitality of the Uzbek people.
The representative of the Travel Book publishing house, Tak Pyong Yong, gave the participants a presentation on the advantages of this guide and the tourist attractions of Uzbekistan.
He noted that the guidebook will allow Korean-speaking tourists to obtain detailed information about famous tourist sites in Uzbekistan, historical monuments, environmental, cultural, gastronomic, sports and other types of new tourist destinations.
The guide was published in Korean with a circulation of 200 thousand copies and is available to readers in the online magazine and the country's largest bookstore, Kyobo Book Center.
At the same time, this guide will help tourists planning a trip to Uzbekistan find answers to many questions and organize their trip.
Yonhap News Agency journalist Son Do-hyun notes that this guide will increase South Korean tourists' awareness of Uzbekistan’s tourist attractions.
“Residents of South Korea today are very interested in visiting Uzbekistan, especially the world capital of cultural tourism - the city of Samarkand, as well as getting acquainted with the ancient architectural monuments of the cities of Bukhara and Khiva, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Surkhandarya - the cultural center of the ancient Buddhist civilization,” said the head travel company "Avia Tour" Ho Chin.
Travel Book Publishing House is one of the leading tourism publications in South Korea. It has won the attention of readers with reliable and accurate information. To date, this publishing house has published more than 80 travel guides dedicated to countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.