On February 3, 2024, at the Scientific seminar under  the Scientific Council No. DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 of the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in the field of economic sciences, independent researcher Tukhtamishov Aziz Kahramonovich's dissertation on the topic “Improving the economic mechanism of the cluster approach in the innovative development of the tourism sector” was discussed. In the continuation of the scientific seminar, scientifically based suggestions and recommendations of the researcher on improving the mechanism of innovative development of the tourism sector based on the cluster approach were discussed. It was emphasized by the members of the scientific seminar that the researcher’s dissertation work is sufficiently based on scientific innovations, and that this dissertation work fully meets with the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and researchers’dissertatsion  recommended for defending  at the Scientific Council .

On the same day, the dissertatsion work of  Khamzayeva Dilfuza Samarovna, independent  researcher of Termiz State University on the topic “The Priority of Diversification and Seasonalization of Tourist Products” which were  written for getting the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Economic sciences, majoring in 08.00.17-“Tourism and Hotel activities” was held.

During the scientific seminar, analysis of the socio-economic nature of concepts related to the diversification of tourist products and systematization of theoretical views, researching the features of diversification and seasonalization of tourist products, determining the world experience of diversification and seasonalization of tourist products and the possibilities of using it in Uzbekistan, the state and trends of the development of tourism in the regions priority tasks such as analysis, analysis of economic indicators of seasonalization in the field of tourism of our country, diversification of tourist products and development of priority directions of seasonalization were discussed. The members of the scientific seminar pointed out the mistakes and shortcomings made by the researcher during the research and gave recommendations to eliminate the indicated shortcomings and emphasized that these shortcomings should be eliminated before the main defense of the dissertation work.