BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
By Fakhri Vakilov-Trend:
German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and experts from the German Mascontour consulting company held a meeting at Uzbekistan’s State Committee for Tourism Development, Trend reports citing the committee’s press service.
Following the meeting, an action plan for the development of tourism in the region in 2019-2020 was outlined, based on the tourism opportunities of Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan Republic. To implement the planned activities, GIZ will allocate funds in the amount of 477,000 euros for the development of tourism in Karakalpakstan.
The action plan has been developed to fulfillment of the president’s instructions during his visit to Karakalpakstan on August 20-21, 2019, and the effective use of the tourism opportunities in the region by Uzbekistan’s State Committee for Tourism Development and German International Cooperation Agency.
Within the framework of the project, work will be done to diversify local handicraft products, increase their exports, improve the sector infrastructure, open new tourist routes, improve the quality of services and promote the tourism potential of Karakalpakstan in foreign tourism markets.
The main objective of the project is to increase the flow of tourists to Uzbekistan, in particular to Karakalpakstan, via expanding the volume of export of tourism services and products, as well as to increase the income of the population.
GIZ is a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security.
GIZ’s main commissioning party is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In 2017, GIZ generated a business volume of around 3 billion euros.
Mascontour GmbH consulting company based in Berlin was founded in 2005. The aim of company’s work is the innovative and consistent linking of tourism and sustainability. Mascontour has already successfully completed around 100 tourism projects in more than 50 countries.
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