In the first half of 2018, exports of tourism services amounted to more than $ 220 million.

This was announced on November 14 at the meeting of the Council for Business Development and Investment "Issues of tourism development and liberalization of civil aviation," said Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism Chubak Omorov.

According to him, last year this was 173 million dollars. The share of tourism in GDP this year is 4.6% versus 4.3% last year.

Investments in fixed capital in the sphere of tourism this year amounted to about 8 billion 300 million soms, and in the first half of 2017 they amounted to about 7 billion soms.

Deputy director said that the receipt of taxes from the tourism industry is small. The revenues were at the level of 106 million soms in 2015,103 million soms in 2016, and 96 million soms in 2017.

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