The head of the Department of Tourism at the International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, Akmaljon Odilov, and the teacher of the department, Muslima Amiriddinovalar, are on a business trip in the Republic of South Korea.Today on July 17, representatives of our university visited Namseul University and were received by the vice-president of this university, Professor Yun-Seok Lee and other officials. At the meeting, a detailed discussion took place of the activities of the department of Uzbek Studies, which is opened on the basis of an agreement between two universities. During the conversation, confidence was expressed that the department would play an important role in the spread of the history and culture of Uzbekistan, the Uzbek language and literature in South Korea.Vice President, Professor Yun-Seok Lee appointed Zoir Sattarov, a professor from Uzbekistan, as head of the department of Uzbek Studies.The creation of departments of “Uzbek studies”, spreading the history and culture of Uzbekistan, the Uzbek language and literature in foreign countries, including the Republic of South Korea, is being accomplished according to the Presidential Decree- No.19 of the Republic of Uzbekistan.