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Uzbekistan and Israel sign an agreement on bilateral cooperation in the tourism field

23 May 2022

International Tourism Exhibition in the B2B format "Tashkent Travel Mart 2022" was officially open on 17 May 2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The exhibition was held under the auspices of the Zero Carbon Fair.

The exhibition was organized by the Association of Private Tourist Organizations of Uzbekistan with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan, the European Union Switch Asia Project, the USAID Entrepreneurship and Business Environment Development Project, the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Federal Republic of Germany, ACTED and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

"Tashkent Travel Mart 2022" is a specialized tourism platform for expanding intra-industry dialogue and developing optimal solutions and ways for market development under new circumstances and conditions. The B2B format "business for the sake of business", allows specialized organizations to expand their business opportunities at the exhibition, solve a number of problems in running their businesses, and sell tourism services. Tashkent Travel Mart 2022 is an opportunity to establish inter-industry relations that will help create new high-quality tourism products and raise the level of service in the industry.

This year the exhibition was attended by the most active representatives of tourist organizations in Uzbekistan and around the world. There are more than 90 companies, domestic and foreign, from more than 10 countries including Germany, Austria, Spain, Israel, Czech Republic, Estonia, UAE, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

As a part of the event, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov and Minister of Tourism of Israel Yoel Razvozov signed an agreement on strengthening bilateral relations.

The new agreement is aimed at providing an increase in mutual tourist flow between Uzbekistan and Israel, expansion of regular flights between the countries, and strengthening partnerships between representatives of the tourism business of Uzbekistan and Israel. Additionally, the document covers the exchange of airtime, the organization of exhibitions of famous artists, and advanced cooperation between the Silk Road International University of Tourism in Samarkand and partner educational institutions in Israel.

According to the Minister of Tourism of Israel Yoel Razvozov, Uzbekistan is a country with a rich history and cultural heritage, and the interest of Israelis in traveling to Uzbekistan is growing day by day. Ongoing reforms and landscaping activities in Uzbekistan were also noted and appreciated by the Minister of Tourism of Israel.

According to the Israeli side, the signing of the new agreement will boost cooperation between the two countries in the tourism field, thus significantly increasing the mutual flow of tourists in Uzbekistan and Israel.

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Did you know?

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It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance.

Tashkent’s metro features chandeliers, marble pillars and ceilings, granite, and engraved metal. It has been called one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.

The Uzbek master chef is able to cook in just one caldron enough plov to serve a thousand men.

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Having been an historic crossroads for centuries as part of various ancient empires, Uzbekistan’s food is very eclectic. It has its roots in Iranian, Arab, Indian, Russian and Chinese cuisine.

Though identified with the Persia, the Zoroastrism probably originated in Bactria or Sogdiana. Many distinguished scholars share an opinion that Zoroastrianism had originated in the ancient Khorezm. Indeed, today in the world there were found 63 Zoroastrian monuments, including those in Iran, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thirty-eight of them are in Uzbekistan, whereas 17 of these monuments are located in Khorezm.

One of Islam's most sacred relics - the world's oldest Koran that was compiled in Medina by Othman, the third caliph or Muslim leader, is kept in Tashkent. It was completed in the year 651, only 19 years after Muhammad's death.

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Famous Islamic physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in the Latin world) who was born near Bukhara was the one of the first people to advocate using women’s hair as suture material – about 1400 years ago.

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