The delegation of Uzbekistan took part in the 44th international tourism fair “FITUR-2024” in Madrid last week, during which number of important agreements have been signed.
The Uzbek delegation included representatives of the Committee on Tourism, the National PR Center, the Khorezm Department for Tourism Development, as well as the Qanot Sharq airline and a number of national travel companies of Uzbekistan.
As part of the fair, negotiations were held with the mayor of Cordoba, Jose Maria Beyido, and the president of the Municipal Institute of Tourism of Cordoba, IMTUR, Daniel Garcia-Ibarrola Diaz. Uzbekistan and Spanish partners discussed the opportunities of further development of cooperation between Bukhara and Cordoba based on the twinning ties established between these beautiful cities of Uzbekistan and Spain.
The parties noted that, having a rich historical past, the two cities have many promising areas of cooperation not only in the tourism sector, but also in such areas as science and culture, agriculture, innovation and investment.
As a response to the invitation to visit Uzbekistan, the mayor of Cordoba expressed his readiness to visit the city of Bukhara this year with representatives of leading Spanish companies to hold negotiations with the local administration and identify promising areas of cooperation, as well as to hold a corresponding business forum.
Another great achievement of participating in the international fair was the fruitful meeting with representatives of the administration of the Autonomous Community of Valencia. The parties discussed the issues of holding events in the city of Valencia dedicated to the popularization of the tourism potential of Uzbekistan in order to attract more Spanish travelers to take a trip to Uzbekistan in the future.
As a part of the event, a memorandum of cooperation was successfully between the Khorezm Department for Tourism Development and the Spanish company ACIR Southern Europe, providing for the promotion of the tourism potential of the Khorezm region on the European continent, the development of cooperation in the protection of cultural heritage sites of Uzbekistan and Spain, as well as attracting foreign investment.
Our country’s participation in such large-scale international events indeed has a great impact on promoting its tourism opportunities, by developing new connections, signing new agreements of cooperation in the field, thus attracting more tourists from all over the world to visit Uzbekistan.
