ABSTRACT

The paper objectives to investigate the status and growth of tourism in Central Asian countries using the sample of Uzbekistan tourism industry with superior reference to country’s tourism infrastructure sectors. Tourism market is considered as a major feature of development. On this case, present essential interest and potential for Uzbekistan is believed as a high one. This article makes an overview of the current status of tourism industry with the aim of finding out the strategy for developing a program that enhances the strengths of tourism services and products as whole. The results serve to point out key trends and gaps in which to focus future research on this topic and they might be useful in formulating public policies and strategies for tourism industry development.

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