The first vice-rector of our university, professor J.Eltazarov, head of the department “Tourism Management” A.Odilov, head of the department “Languages” T.Sultanov and head of the department of planning and development of educational process M.Yorkulov recently took part in the “5th International Congress of Tourism and Cultural Heritage” in Marmaris (Turkey), organized jointly with the universities of Alanya and Beikent.

Professors and lecturers of our university told the congress participants about the reforms carried out in Uzbekistan in the direction of tourism sector development, the role of nonmaterial cultural heritage in tourism and the tourism potential of Samarkand. The congress participants from more than a dozen countries were positively impressed by the positive changes in the tourism sector in our country in recent years.