Uzbekistan takes part in the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2019 in Discovery of the Year nomination.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference meeting on August 23 to discuss the development of the public education system, advanced training of teachers and state of their clout in society, as well as the spiritual and moral education of the young generation.

On August 20, 2019, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development hosted a workshop on specifics and upcoming activities on negotiation process of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On August 14-18, 2019, Ryazan hosted the Second International Forum of Ancient Cities, where the tourism potential of Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara was also presented.

On August 14, 2019, Tashkent hosted a presentation of Georgia’s tourism potential. The meeting was held with participation of 9 leading Georgian companies in MICE corporate and business tourism and 80 tour operators of Uzbekistan on the initiative of Georgian National Tourism Administration and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development.

Samarkand hosted a business forum with participation of entrepreneurs of Samarkand region and the Republic of Korea.

On August 12, 2019, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Decree "On further measures for developing the tourism sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan" to increase the effectiveness of ongoing reforms in the tourism sector, the flow of foreign citizens arriving in the country by solving problems related to tourism infrastructure, improving the quality of services and promoting national tourism products in the world market, strengthening the human resources of the tourism sector and implementing the concept of tourism development in 2019-2025.

On August 11-12 this year, the First Caspian Economic Forum “Caspian Sea: Benefits of developing international economic cooperation” was held in Avaza National Tourist Zone in the city of Turkmenbashi.