Tourism Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan

In particular, Sandjar Tadjiyev, Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Committee, met with Nurbol Baizhanov, Chairman of the Tourism Industry Committee of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The meeting focused on expanding tourist exchanges between the two countries, developing interregional and cross-border tourism, and jointly promoting Central Asia as a single tourism destination in third-country markets.

The sides discussed prospects for organising joint presentations, tourism forums and familiarisation tours, as well as developing weekend tour programmes between the regions of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan’s Turkistan, Kyzylorda and Mangystau regions.

The Kazakh side was invited to participate with a national pavilion in the 31st Tashkent International Tourism Fair “Tourism on the Silk Road” (TITF–2026), which will be held in Tashkent on 25–27 November.

A meeting was also held with Yulia Zaikova, a representative of the Secretariat of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and Head of the international tourism project “Travel Hub ‘Commonwealth’”.

The meeting addressed prospects for cooperation with the “Travel Hub ‘Commonwealth’” during Uzbekistan’s chairmanship of the CIS Tourism Council. In particular, proposals were put forward to regularly showcase Uzbekistan’s tourism potential and ongoing projects on the platform throughout 2027, as well as to organise a special session during TITF–2026 with the participation of representatives of the tourism industries of CIS member states.

Following the meetings, the sides agreed to continue cooperation aimed at expanding tourist exchanges, strengthening business ties and implementing joint tourism initiatives.