On 23-24 October, tourism officials from the eleven CAREC countries, private sector representatives and tour operators met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to deliberate on key challenges and opportunities for regional initiatives and collaborative actions to promote tourism development in the region.

Bukhara City Day and Bukhara Handicraft Day festivals kicked off in Bukhara.

Uzbekistan won the first place in Gastronomic tourism nomination according to the National Geographic Traveler magazine in the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2018.

The number of hotels and other accommodation facilities in Uzbekistan is increasing, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development reports.