On October 25, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., at the UNWTO Thematic Office, the defense of the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics will be held at the Academic Council No. DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 under the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. The dissertation was prepared by Dilshod Usmanovich Ruzmanov, an independent researcher at the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, on the topic: “Improving the Methods of Effective Use of Cultural and Historical Resources in the Development of the Tourism Sector in the Regions”, specialty 08.00.17 – Tourism and Hospitality Management.