Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation on increasing the tourist flow and expanding domestic tourism.

Our country is replete with historical, cultural and natural attractions. The full-scale implementation of their potential will give impetus to the growth in the number of foreign tourists and their visits to our country all year round. To this end, on behalf of the President, measures were developed to effectively utilize opportunities in tourism.

Thus, it is planned to create tourist centers in the 12 most attractive regions and cities for tourists. These centers with restaurants, cafes, health facilities and swimming pools will operate around the clock.

In the resort areas of Zaamin, Chimgan, Amirsay and others, as well as in entertainment complexes, stores of international brands, national silk fabrics, souvenirs, jewelry and gold bars will be organized. To achieve this, it is planned to reduce the land and property tax rate for entrepreneurs operating in tourist centers by 90 percent until 1 January 2027, and until 1 March 2026 to exempt equipment and technologies necessary for the production of jewelry and gold from customs duties. products.

Also, starting this year, the “Another Day in Uzbekistan” program will be implemented. It provides for the creation of “republican tourist rings” connecting tourist sites in the regions, and “regional tourist rings” between districts and cities. The Committee on Tourism will maintain a Unified Register of Tourist Routes.

The implementation of the program “Travel in Every Season” is planned. Within its framework, activities will be implemented to promote environmental, extreme, medical and health tourism in spring and autumn, water and resort tourism in summer, extreme and ski tourism in winter. Festivals will be held at the opening of the tourist season.

Every two years in May, the International Fashion Week “Silk Fabrics of Uzbekistan” will be held with a prize fund of US$2 million.

In order to promote the tourism potential of our country abroad, the institution of “tourism ambassadors” of the Committee on Tourism will be introduced.

Measures will also be taken to support artisans, develop medical tourism, and introduce international experience into tourism education.

It is planned to allocate preferential loans for the construction of campsites, yurts, eco-houses and hostels, and swimming pools in hotels. In order to support entrepreneurs, equipment and inventory for hotels and shopping malls, swimming pools and water parks will be exempt from customs duties for 2 years.

The head of state approved these proposals and gave instructions for the further development of ecotourism and the creation of necessary conditions for travel of persons with disabilities.