Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In February 2023, six months have passed since the launch of the largest tourism project of New Uzbekistan - the Samarkand tourist center Silk Road Samarkand.

The opening of Silk Road Samarkand took place on 23 August  2022. The solemn ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, emphasizing that the project "has become another striking achievement on the path of building New Uzbekistan."

The head of state appreciated the uniqueness and scale of the new recreational and tourist center, noting that its creation became possible, first of all, thanks to the intellectual potential and selfless work of the Uzbek people.”

“I congratulate everyone on such a modern, magnificent architectural complex, erected in the ancient and eternally young Samarkand. May he serve our people for many centuries!” Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.

To date, the construction of the Eternal City historical and ethnographic park, fourteen villas of the Eco Village eco-village and eight 4-5 * hotels have been completed on the territory of the Samarkand tourist center Silk Road Samarkand, namely: Samarkand Regency Amir Temur, Silk Road by Minyoun, Savitsky Plaza, Lia! by Minyoun Stars of Ulugbek, as well as four hotels in the Wellness Park complex.

The total area of the site is more than 260 hectares, including 40 hectares of the water area of the republican rowing canal and about 170 hectares of green spaces. In the complex, especially for the convenience of tourists and guests, more than 39.5 km of pedestrian and 19.5 km of bike paths have been laid.

The total area of the constructed facilities is 242 thousand m2. The number of rooms is 1,198 comfortable rooms equipped according to the most modern standards. In addition, the complex has 14 presidential suites, which is a kind of record for Central Asia.

More than 12,000 specialists were involved in the construction of the Silk Road Samarkand, including more than 2,000 foreign ones.

Uzbek and international experts have repeatedly noted the importance of the center in terms of updating and expanding the region's tourism infrastructure.

Samarkand Silk Road provides services for almost every taste and for the widest range of clients - from a family weekend getaway or a long vacation with the opportunity to go through wellness programs to large-scale congress and exhibition events and business forums.

The number and variety of tourist offers, made possible by the application of advanced international standards for the construction and operation of buildings and territories, as well as the introduction of a high level of hospitality service, will surprise even the most sophisticated guests from all over the world.

Among the guests of the complex are citizens of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Azerbaijan. Every day there is a growing number of tourists from the countries of the European Union, the USA and China.

Thanks to the emergence of the center, new jobs have been created, the economy of the region and the Republic of Uzbekistan as a whole is developing and diversifying.

So, during the construction and operation of the center in 2021-2022. the total volume of tax deductions to the budgets of all levels amounted to 10.87 billion soums.

The number of jobs, primarily for the citizens of Uzbekistan, created thanks to the work of the Silk Road Samarkand, is about 1800.

The amount of investment in the construction of the Samarkand tourist center Silk Road Samarkand amounted to US$580 million. New investment objects are also planned, including jointly with international partners.

In total, since the opening of the Silk Road Samarkand tourist complex, more than two dozen events have already taken place, including: the SCO summit, the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, ICT Week Uzbekistan, the Economic Forum of Uzbekistan, the summit of the Organization of Turkic States and many other international and sports events.

The summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization chaired by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took place on 15-16 September 2022 and became one of the key events on the international political agenda. The Silk Road Samarkand congress center was chosen as the venue for the event - the largest in the region, capable of hosting up to 3,500 people at a time. At the same time, the hotels of the Silk Road Samarkand complex, at that time, accommodated more than 1,700 guests from 14 countries of the world.

Guests can book accommodation in Silk Road Samarkand hotels on their own on the official website of the resort silkroad-samarkand.com, as well as through the popular platforms Booking.com, Expedia.com, EasyBooking.uz. Cooperation is underway with key tour operators, such as: Dolores Travel, PEGAS Touristik, PAC Group, CORAL Travel, as well as business-travel agencies, including Academservice and Bronevik.

Convenient transport accessibility, the best offers for recreation, business tasks, gastronomic and medical tourism, international level service, as well as rich cultural traditions and attractions of the city of Samarkand rightfully endow Silk Road Samarkand with the title of one of the best tourism projects in Central Asia.