Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Wyndham Bukhara hotel was opened in Bukhara city. The opening event was attended by Deputy Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Nusratilla Zikrillaev, khokim of Bukhara region Botir Zaripov and other officials, as well as guests and media representatives.

Deputy Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Nusratilla Zikrillaev read out the congratulations of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Aziz Abdukhakimov.

“It should be noted that under the leadership of the head of our state Shavkat Mirziyoyev, a number of reforms are being implemented in Uzbekistan to develop the tourism sector.

If you pay attention to the numbers, as a result of the reforms carried out, as of November of this year, 4,879 accommodation establishments for 113,570 places operate in Uzbekistan, the congratulation says. As a result of the creation of 78 accommodation facilities for 2311 places in the Bukhara region in January and December of this year, today there are 179 hotels for 8187 places, 17 hostels for 2024 places, 213 for 1932 places and 4 for 85 places, other types of accommodation facilities are located in operation. We believe that the Wyndham Bukhara Hotel will also contribute to the further development of tourism in Bukhara, while providing tourists visiting the Bukhara region with world-class services.”

Speaking at the event, the khokim of the Bukhara region Botir Zaripov noted that today in the Bukhara region, facilities have been created to accommodate 12,314 guests on the basis of 480 hotels of large and small sizes.

“For example, in 2022, 83 new large and small hotels and accommodation facilities with a total capacity of 2,208 people were built and put into operation. According to the mayor, about 1,300 permanent jobs have been created in this area in two years, says Botir Komilov. “About 200 young men and women are provided with work at the Wyndham Bukhara hotel, which is starting its work today.”

The former Bukhara Palace Hotel was first opened in 1996, and today it has been reconstructed by Wide Tent System and begins its work under the new name Wyndham Bukhara. For tourists, the Wyndham Bukhara hotel has 212 additional rooms and 450 beds, including 4 presidential rooms. The hotel also provides additional services such as large conference rooms, restaurant, bar, swimming pool, fitness room, Turkish and Finnish baths, parking. The hotel was reconstructed by the Turkish company KOS Construction.

It should be recognized that as a result of reasonable reforms aimed at the rapid development of tourism in our country, the number of tourists and pilgrims coming to Bukhara is increasing every year. In particular, the number of tourists visiting the region in 2022 is 2.7 million people. The number of foreign tourists increased by 552.6 thousand and increased 11 times compared to the same period last year.

Currently, there are 15 types of tourism in Bukhara. These are pilgrimage, gastronomic, business, ecotourism, ethnotourism, wine tourism, sports, business, educational, medical, transit, safari, agritourism, historical tourism, MICE tourism.

For information, in 2023 it is planned to increase the number of foreign tourists to 7 million, and the number of domestic tourists to 12 million.