On November 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at the UNWTO Thematic Office, Adkham Anvarovich Karshiyev, a junior researcher at the Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service, will defend his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Improving the Organizational and Economic Mechanism for the Effective Development of the Tourism Sector in Regions" to obtain a Ph.D. in economics. The defense will take place at Scientific Council DSc.33/01.02.2022.I.145.01 under the "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in the field of "Tourism and Hospitality" (08.00.17).