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Tashkent included to Top-10 popular CIS cities

Tashkent included to Top-10 popular CIS cities
Tashkent included to Top-10 popular CIS cities
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- Russian service of online hotel booking Oktogo.ru published a list of popular cities and countries of the CIS among Russian tourists in 2015.

Tashkent city was also included to the list. The Uzbek capital was also among the cities, where Russian spent a long time – in average five days.

Belarus topped the list of popular destination of Russian tourists. Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan followed it.

Minsk, Kiev, Baku, Almaty, Yerevan, Astana, Vitebsk, Tashkent, Brest and Lvov are in the Top-10 popular cities of the CIS among Russian tourists in 2015. Tbilisi would be in the 7th place if Georgia was among the CIS states.

According to the Oktogo.ru data, over 40% of travels of Russian tourists fell to share of Belarus, 17% - Ukraine, 14% - Kazakhstan, 10% - Azerbaijan, 8% - Armenia, 5% - Uzbekistan, 3%- Moldova, 2% - Kyrgyzstan and 1% - Tajikistan.

Anvar Umarov
Anvar Umarov

Anvar Umarov is the founder and editor-in-chief of UzDaily, a leading business and news publication covering Uzbekistan and Central Asia. With over 20 years of experience in journalism, he has also worked as a PR manager for both state and private organizations, bringing a broad perspective on media, communications, and public affairs to his editorial leadership.