On March 19, 2021, representatives of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development Lola Rahmanbaeva and Mirabbos Mirgiyosov held a guest lecture on the exchange of experience with students of the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism.

Adviser to the Chairman of the State Committee for Tourism Development on Information Policy issues Lola Rakhmanbaeva shared information about the activities of press-secretaries in the field of tourism, and also spoke in detail about the tourism news taking place in our country. She also noted the need to expand the interaction networks of the “Silk Road” University with regional departments and the State Committee for Tourism Development in order to promote the tourism potential of Uzbekistan through the active use of social networks. The discussion on this topic was enriched by professional comments of Sh.Shokirjonov, the editor-in-chief of the news portal KUN.uz in the Samarkand region.

The meeting continued with a speech by Mirabbos Mirgiyosov, Chief Specialist of the Department for Work with Public Organizations and Foreign Diasporas. In his speech, he spoke about the goals and tasks carried out by the department to promote the country's tourism potential abroad through cooperation with public organizations and foreign diasporas. He also shared with the students new projects that the committee is currently working on.

The students were also informed about the main trends in the accelerated development of tourism in the country, reflected in the Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PD-5611 of January 5, 2019 “On additional measures for the accelerated development of tourism in the Republic of Uzbekistan” and No. PD-6165 of February 9, 2021 “On measures for the further development of domestic and pilgrimage tourism in the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

During the seminar, were listened and discussed students’ ideas and suggestions for promoting the tourism brand of Uzbekistan.

It is noteworthy that representatives of various sectors of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Development of Tourism are ready to regularly hold such meetings with students of the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism. In addition, students will have the opportunity to take an internship in the desired areas of activity directly in the departments and the committee itself.