On December 7 of this year, the International Association of Tourism Cooperation of the Russian Federation “World without Borders”, the Association of Chinese Tourism Services of the PRC and “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage held a conference in the form of a hybrid on the theme “Opportunities for expanding the geography of cross-border tourism”. A number of teachers of our university took part in this conference. Sardorbek Samaridinov, Head of International Cooperation and Rating Department of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, delivered a report on “The role of education in the development of tourism potential of Uzbekistan” at the conference. In his speech, Sardorbek Samaridinov talked about the fact that today in Uzbekistan there are new aspects in the tourism sector, particularly in Samarkand.