Over 700 Hungarian and foreign tourism companies, operators, hotels and airlines participated at the exhibition, the press service of Fund Forum said.

Special stand dedicated to the Festival of Traditional Culture Asrlar Sadosi, which is organized annually by Fund Forum and UNESCO, was presented at the exhibition. The stand provided information on traditions and customs, applied art, national cuisine, unique heritage of Uzbekistan.

Fund Forum said that information on foundation of the festival and events, organized within the festival, attracted attention of the visitors.

Gabriella Molnar, President of the Association of Hungarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (MUISZ), said that Uzbekistan has very rich and ancient history and culture, which attracts interest in Uzbekistan. Cultural projects such as Asrlar Sadosi show all variety of ancient culture and civilizations of Uzbekistanm, she said. She added that the festival was attended by about 200,000 people in last five years and it shows demand to the project.

Director of Hungarian tourism company 1000 ut (1000 roads) Oleg Ermilov said that Uzbekistan has great tourism potential and it modernized tourism infrastructure significantly, develop new tourism products. Asrlar Sadosi, organized by Fund Forum in various regions of Uzbekistan, also play key role in this.

Fund Forum added that the Uzbek stand attract great interest among participants and visitors of the fair. It said that large number of applications was received from people, who want visit Uzbekistan in 2013 and Festival Asrlar Sadosi.