On 20 October of this year, “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage hosted joint scientific and practical conference dedicated to the development of tourism industry of the SCO countries. Opening the scientific and practical conference, Rector of our university A.Abdukhakimov in his opening remarks wished good luck to the conference, noting that today the development of tourism industry among the SCO countries is one of the important issues, in this regard Uzbekistan is ready to cooperate with all member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. SCO Deputy Secretary General Shri Janesh Kain also noted that the development of tourism industry among the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states is one of the most urgent tasks and spoke of its serving as an important factor of further economic growth. Many lectures on the topic were also presented at the conference.