BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 16. Uzbekistan received more than $1.1 billion from the export of tourism services from January through September 2022, Trend reports via the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.
This figure increased by 3.7 times compared to the same period last year. It accounted for almost 40 percent of the volume of total exports of services.
According to the committee, the rapid growth in income from tourism services is associated with a huge flow of visitors from Russia.
From January through September 2022 almost 3.6 million foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism purposes.
This figure increased by 2.4 million people or 3.2 times compared to the same period in 2021.