In the first three months of this year, the number of foreign tourists visiting Uzbekistan increased by 42% and amounted to 1.38 million people.

This data was voiced by the Deputy Head of the Government of the Republic Aziz Abdukhakimov during the Tashkent Travel Mart exhibition.

According to Abdukhakimov, over the same period last year, 972,000 tourists visited Uzbekistan. Abdukhakimov reported that exports of tourism services are growing, with volumes reaching $ 246.3 million compared to $ 184.6 million in the first quarter of 2018 (an increase of 33%). According to official data, in 2018, Uzbekistan was visited by 5 million 300 thousand tourists. Of these, 4,600,000 are from Central Asia. Tourism exports amounted to 1 billion dollars.

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