On November 1 of this year tutor of our university Gavkhar Khusainova together with 2nd year students visited Samarkand Regional Social Support Center to visit lonely elderly and disabled people, devoted to kindness. Here our students interacted closely with the elderly to lift their spirits. Sincere communication, cheerful laughter gave everyone one pleasure.

On the initiative of the Department of History and Cultural Heritage, Corinna Kuhr-Korolev, a researcher from the Potsdam Research Institute in Germany, visited our university.

Corinna Kuhr-Korolev held an open lesson, a master class, for our students on the methodology of organizing an open-air exhibition. For the first time during this year, the results of a study started in the Cretan Islands of Greece, based on Olima's personal idea, were shown as an example of an organized exhibition.

The team and students of our university were provided with the necessary information about the methods used by Corinna Kuhr-Korolev.

An article of Prof. Tongqian Zou, Vice-rector of our university, has been published in the prestigious journal Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. The article is entitled “Mapping the evolution and future directions of creative tourism: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis”, which summarizes the theoretical evolution of creative tourism and analyzes future directions on a scientific basis using VOSViewer and CiteSpace software. It is notable that “Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research” is indexed in Web of Science and Scopus databases.

On November 2 of this year, a delegation led by Gao Zhili, Vice Chairman of the Political Consultative Council of Hebei Province, China, visited the university.
First, the guests got acquainted with the conditions created for students in the campus of our university, as well as with the gallery of national clothing. After that, the main part of the event was a bilateral dialog with members of the delegation of Hebei Province. During the dialog, detailed information was provided about the facilities created at our university for training tourism and cultural heritage professionals, material and technical facilities.
It was followed by the speeches of such important officials as the secretary of the administration of the provincial political advisory council, the chairman of the political advisory council of Xinhuangdao City, the deputy director of the Hebei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.
The bilateral dialog discussed cooperation with universities in Hebei Province, particularly the establishment of academic student exchanges.
Also during the dialog opinions were expressed on the establishment of bilateral cooperation in the field of tourism between Samarkand and Hebei Province. The guests also familiarized themselves with the activities of the Tourism Academy.

Master of Turkish traditional shadow theater Aziz Murat Aslan held an open lesson for students of Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

The speaker gave very interesting facts about the history of the emergence of shadow theater in Turkey, its cultural roots. Also Aziz Murat talked about the divergences, similarities between theaters in other oriental theaters in the world such as Ancient Egypt, China, Sri Lanka.

In addition, the theater master gave students interesting facts about how certain images from stage performances are reflected in painting.

On October 31, 2024 at 16:00 in Room 108 of Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, a seminar was held on formalizing thesis topics based on the requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission and improving the efficiency of scientific research. The event was attended by the staff of the research department of our university, local and foreign online and offline doctoral students.

Chairman of the Academic Council of our university, Professor Bakhodirkhan Safarov took part in the seminar. He acted as a speaker and shared with the audience his knowledge and experience in the field of effective organization of scientific research.

During the seminar, the participants of the event received important information about theses and dissertations and requirements for scientific research.

Mental health is a state of mental well-being, which allows people to cope with stressful situations in life, realize their potential, successfully study and work, as well as contribute to society.

In this regard, the psychologist of the International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage “Silk Road” D. Turdieva and tutor P. Islamov organized an event for first year students of 424 and 124 groups, studying in the directions of “Tourism and Hospitality” and “Business Management”.

At the meeting, students were given collections of psychological methods to help determine the social and psychological state of students, and were given recommendations and advice on adapting to the educational process. The results of these techniques will form the basis of the socio-psychological portrait of students.

On October 31, a sports chess competition “ Cup of Hokim” was held in the Youth Center of Samarkand. The team of first year students of our university also took an active part in this competition.

The activities of our university are expanding from year to year, providing all the necessary conditions and opportunities for students. The Samarkand campus of the UN Academy of Tourism, the only one in Central Asia, remains a convenient place for our students to improve their knowledge and skills in the field of tourism and cultural heritage.

These days, full-time and part-time students of our university participate in coursework at the Samarkand Campus of the UN Academy of Tourism. In addition, the laboratories of the Academy also serve as a space of knowledge and skills for young students.

Every Thursday of the week our university holds events dedicated to Student Safety Day. Today, October 31, in the hall of activists of our university on the occasion of Student Safety Day together with the university inspector held a preventive event aimed at preventing crime, human trafficking and unpleasant situations in the youth environment.