Items filtered by date: May 2023

Rahmat Gobel, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia, visited “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Together with Rahmat Gobel, 25 representatives of tourism business and the tourism ambassador of Uzbekistan to Indonesia also came to our country. The purpose of the visitors’ visit was to get to know the university and establish friendly cooperation.

It should be noted that the university campus warmly welcomed the guests and insisted that they visit our university in future to organize cultural exchange program for Indonesian students.

The Gastronomic Tourism Congress for People and Planet: Innovation, Empowerment and Conservation, held on 1-3 May at “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Samarkand, was significant in that it was very productively organised.

The international congress was organised in cooperation with Pamukkala University in the Republic of Turkey. It included professors, scientists from countries such as Turkey, Indonesia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, who are developing gastronomic tourism and obtaining practical results in this direction, visited and considered the theories to be implemented in this field.

The high-level conference was hosted by J.Eltazarov, First Vice-Rector of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, who opened the conference with his opening speech and wished the international congress good luck.

Last year, we signed an agreement with “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage on cooperation in the field of gastronomic tourism. On the basis of this agreement, we organised this conference. Indeed, the national cuisine, gastronomic culture plays a huge role in tourism development in attracting tourists to the country. The native Uzbekistan is known for its cuisine, its bakery. It is very important for tourism to present this wonderful cultural wealth to tourists in a very beautiful way. This conference is noteworthy because it discusses various issues of gastronomic tourism, said Professor Ahmet Kutluhan, rector of Pamukkala University in the Republic of Turkey.

The first day of the international congress took place in an atmosphere of general working spirit, with speeches in the field of gastronomic tourism given by scientists, which aroused the interest of all participants.

On 2 May, the participants of the international congress were the first to visit Amir Temur’s mausoleum and to bless our great ancestor. Then they visited Registan square, the heart of the city of Samarkand, where they got intimately acquainted with unique facets of construction and architecture created by our ancestors. The guests also toured the Bibihonim and Shahi Zinda mosque complexes, Ulugbek Observatory and Khoja Daniel Mausoleum.

On 3 May, a combination of theory and practice, that is, a meeting, a dialogue between scholars and entrepreneurs working in the field of gastronomic tourism, was topical in the programme of the international congress. At the event, scientists and entrepreneurs talked about the tasks that need to be solved today in the field of gastronomic tourism and answered the questions of university students.

Overall, the international congress, which was held for the first time in Samarkand on the initiative of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, will be used in scientific and practical process as a recommendation on topical issues raised in the sphere of gastronomic tourism.

During the 2022-2023 academic year, professors and teachers working at the "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage achieved several achievements during their scientific activities. Ian Patterson, professor of the "Tourism Management" department of the university, has published his articles in high-ranking international journals indexed in the Scopus database. Professor Ian Patterson's article "Tourism towards healthy lives and well-being for older adults and senior citizens: Tourism agenda 2030" in "Tourism Review" and "Volunteer tourism: The future of baby boomer tourists" in "Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management" in a post pandemic world" articles were published. You can get acquainted with these articles through the following links.

1.  Tourism towards healthy lives and well-being for older adults and senior citizens: Tourism agenda 2030  undefined https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/TR-06-2022-0269/full/html

2.  Volunteer tourism: The future of baby boomer tourists in a post pandemic world

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1447677023000414)

According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated March 7, 2023 “Organization of the 25th session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Samarkand in 2023 at a high level and approved by Appendix 3 of Decision No. 98 “On measures to obtain the status of Shakhrisabz city capital of tourism of the Organization for Economic Cooperation until 2024” dated May 1 this year at the University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage “Silk Road” in order to ensure the implementation of paragraph 3 of the program of events held during 2023 under the motto “Samarkand is the world capital of tourism. Organizer of the 25th session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)”, an international youth tourism conference on  topic “Tourism. Science. Innovation".

On may 2 of this year, students of School No. 81 in Samarkand visited the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and cultural heritage..

 During the visit, the students got acquainted with the scientific and pedagogical activities of the university, forms and types of education, as well as with the internal structure of the university and the composition of departments.

On May 1 this year there was a regular meeting of the club “Leader girls”, organized by the Women’s Advisory Council of the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage on “Increasing social and political activity of women leaders - the need of the day”.

      Advisor on women affairs of mahalla “Vatanparvar” N. Norkulova, head of the department for work with youth and events N. Abduvakhidova, psychologist of the University D. Turdieva, active member of the club D. Obidova were invited to the event. Moderator M.Abbasova made a welcoming speech and explained that activity and initiative is a requirement of today, the key to a successful and happy life. In her speech N.Abduvakhidova told about the current status of women in society, shared her rich life experience and valuable advice.

      N. Norkulova, guest of the event, noted that the institution of mahalla and family is a factor determining a woman’s place in the society, a symbol of a prosperous life. D. Obidova, who during her 2nd year of correspondence course managed to get diplomas from two foreign universities (Berlin Institute in Germany, Lincoln University in Malaysia), made a presentation about her achievements and successes and gave great motivation to the girls.

      Psychologist D. Turdieva spoke in detail about leadership skills, psychological criteria, and held a motivational training on “Leadership - the key to success”. The event left a positive impression on all participants.

On April 28, 2023, the scientific and practical conference on “The Role of Samarkand Newspaper in World Science and International Economics” was held at “Silk Road” International Tourism and Cultural Heritage University Activists’ Hall.

At this scientific conference, Professor Nargiz Nurillakhojaeva of the “History and Cultural Heritage” Department at “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage led a round table discussion on research on the history of Samarkand paper by professors and lecturers of other local universities in Uzbekistan.

On 28 April 2023, “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage hosted a seminar for Chinese and Uzbek youth on the topic “China’s Modernisation: questions and answers”. Nargiza Abduvahidova, Head of the International University’s Youth Department, Dildora Turdiyeva, an active member of the University’s Women’s Advisory Council, Zhang Mu, a researcher of Shenyang Agricultural University, and youth representatives of China and Uzbekistan took part in the seminar. The seminar was the third held in Central Asia as part of the action plan “China’s Modernisation: questions and answers”.

         Tongqian Zou, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Commercialization of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage moderated the seminar. Jiang Yonggang, Director of Renmin Huabao Publishing House, and Zheng Chengjun, Vice-Rector of the Second Beijing Foreign Language University, spoke on the role of youth in the joint construction of “Belt and Road” and the strengthening of China-Uzbekistan cooperation.

The seminar held in a friendly atmosphere. The participants discussed the need to continue scientific and educational work among young people in Uzbekistan, and the importance of supporting young students and teachers.

“Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage is a project of cooperation between China and Uzbekistan within the framework of “Belt and Road” construction.

On April 27 of this year, “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage was visited by Jose Aurelio Llanes Villanueva, Director of Internationalization Division of the Department of Higher Education of Spain, Albert Vitria, Technical Specialist for Education at the Embassy of Spain in Moscow, Maria Teresa Aceitunoperas, Director of International Projects and Mobility at Huelva University, and welcomed the guests Tongqian Zou, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Commercialization of the University.

         In this meeting, stating that they have heard many times about “Silk Road” International University and the Spanish guests are ready to cooperate with the university. Maria Teresa Aceituno Perez also noted that the University of Huelva has special areas of Spanish philology, history, cultural heritage management and other types of tourism, and that in the future, through various programs, there are opportunities for exchange programs between universities between students, professors and researchers, and that the Spanish universities are ready for this.