On September 23 of this year, the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage hosted a conference on the topic: "Tourism opportunities and cultural heritage in Uzbekistan".

This conference is held in cooperation with the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Constance University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

The purpose of the conference is to exchange global achievements, academic knowledge and experience. The conference was attended by leading local and foreign scientists in the leading field of economics and tourism.

The following issues were discussed at the conference:

• Development trends and prospects of the tourism industry in Uzbekistan;
• Main directions of development of tourism and cultural heritage;
• Tourism development strategies during the transition to the green economy;
• The role and importance of digitization in the field of

During the conference, attention was drawn to the correlation of the huge accumulated cultural heritage with the capabilities of a modern person to perceive and evaluate it. Historical and cultural monuments, which are the meaningful, semantic core of national consciousness, are defenseless against the destructive elements of civilization. For the whole world, which has a rich historical past and a complex present, the problem of understanding cultural heritage today is vital, first of all, to solve the problem of cultural identity.

It is worth noting that on September 21 of this year, the staff of the Department of Scientific Research and the Department of International Relations, together with the representative of the Constance University of Applied Sciences, coordinator Florian Eisenberg, considered important organizational issues at the last conference.