As it is known, in October of this year UNWTO General Assembly will be held in Samarkand. At present, preparations for this major conference are being carried out at a high level in our country.

On July 13 of this year, members of the delegation headed by Executive Director of the World Tourism Organization Natalia Bayona visited “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage and got acquainted with the work carried out at the university. The first vice-rector of the university, Professor J.Eltazarov and others met the guests, welcomed them and introduced them to the conditions created at the university in the field of tourism. The guests got acquainted with the pond of the university, the national gallery of costumes and paintings about the Turkic world and the library, which has a collection of about 25 thousand books.