Uzbekistan possesses enormous tourist potential. The country is considered one of the centers of tourism not only in the central Asia, but also all over the World. In the cities most attractive to tourists through which in an antiquity passed the Great silk way connected China with the countries of the Europe, a plenty of architectural monuments of various historical epoch is located: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Kokand, Termez. In ancient cities of Uzbekistan the modern architecture adjoins to monuments of national architecture of the last centuries that is feature characteristic only for Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan has also other resources for attraction of the big number of foreign visitors: deserts and the reserves rich with different kinds of animals and plants (sometimes meeting only in Uzbekistan); mountain tops and the rivers having huge value for development of an active kind of tourism; mineral sources with the curative water which is frequently not having analogues in the World; traditions of an applied art and original culture with which it is possible to get acquainted only in Uzbekistan; economic potential of the country growing every year.

Recreational resources of the Republic allow to organize various kinds of rest, tourist routes and to receive foreign visitors in all-the-year-round.

For complex tour-excursion service in the Republic there is a branched out network of hotels, cafe and restaurants, camping, objects of entertainment and rest, and also set of tourist routes on fine mountain tracks and the rivers.

In order to develop of tourism sphere in expansion and strengthening of the international relations, with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated from 07.27.1992 had been created National Company "Uzbektourism". Priority directions of the National Company are development of legal, economic bases of tourism, perfection of its infrastructure in the Republic, due to attraction of foreign investments, carrying out wide propagation of a historical heritage, implementation of restoration works on monuments of history and culture. There is a lot private travel agencies are operating in the Republic except for National Company "Uzbektourism".

For today in Uzbekistan operates more than 270 private hotels and about 450 tourism companies.

Laws "About tourism", "About insurance", "About state borders", the governmental orders directed on formation of an investment climate, privatization and privatization in tourist sphere, providing privileges, improvements of a hotel infrastructure, construction of networks of roads and resorts, etc. are operating in Uzbekistan.

Useful links on the theme:

Site of national company "Uzbektourism" http://www.uzbektourism.uz/en/

Information about the Tourism in Uzbekistan:
http://www.sairamtour.com/
http://yasminatour.uz/en/
http://www.tourism.uz/