First of all, Shavkat Mirziyoyev started his speech with the information about high level meetings: 21 high level meetings, 60 state level and international organization heads meetings.
More than 400 investment agreements valued at 60 bln US dollars, 40 “road map” execution plans have been developed. After currency liberalization the buy-sell operations has increased 1,5 times in avarege making up 1,3 bln US dollars, state gold-currency reserves made up 1,1 bln US dollars.
This year 12 free economic zones, 45 industrial zones have been established. 50 more new industrial zones are being organized.
As a result of constructing new industrial zones more than 336 thousand new vacancies have been filled. It was significant contribution for the solution of employment issues.
Later President Shavkat Mirziyoyev explained why economic houses are being built in rural areas. “The houses we previously built were expensive and they were not available to common citizens. As a result only rich people bought those houses. We decided to build houses for ordinary citizens like teachers and doctors” noted the leader of the country. Particularly, more than 24 thousand new economic houses have been built in rural areas. 187 multi-storey residential buildings were raised where approximately 8 thousand families moved to thouse houses.
Talking about international loans and credits President noted that a country which mismanages foreign money will encounter serious problems falling into debts. For this reason Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted to pay great attention to this sphere and avoid any mistakes. As an example he analyzed the activity of gas-chemical complex in Ustyurt, Karakalpakstan which is not giving efficient results. Another sphere is credits allocated for drinking water supplies: for the last 10 years 17 projects valued at 618 mln US dollars, unfortunately most of the projecs have not been finished until the end.
Notable results have been observed in the relationships with China, South Korea and Turkey. It is worth noting that embassies are working with new principles.
According to IMF Uzbekistan is on the 134th place among 187 states by GDP per capita. Unfortunately, for the country with rich resources it is not appropriate place.
In conclusion, it should be noted that the speech of our President has become historical which analyzed all spheres of life with practical suggestions for improvement.
Press Service,
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
Prominent tourism exhibition “MATTA Fair” took place at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre, featuring the national pavilion of Uzbekistan, reports Dunyo IA.
During the exhibition, presentations dedicated to the tourism potential of Uzbekistan were held. The event participants were briefed on the reforms being implemented in the tourism sector, the dynamic development of pilgrimage tourism, as well as the measures being taken to create comfortable conditions for pilgrims.
Particular attention was paid to the fact that as a result of visa regime liberalization in recent years, a visa-free entry regime to Uzbekistan has been established for citizens of more than 90 foreign states, including Malaysia.
Exhibition visitors had the opportunity to familiarize themselves closely with the historical and modern tourism hubs of the Bukhara, Samarkand, Khorezm and Kashkadarya regions, as well as the city of Tashkent, their rich culture, unique architecture, art and national traditions.
In the national pavilion, representatives of the Tourism Committee, Khokimiyat of the Kashkadarya Region, “Uzbekistan Airways” and a number of domestic tourism companies broadly promoted tourism packages covering pilgrimage tourism, “historical and cultural tourism”, gastronomic tourism, “Umrah+”, winter tourism and other areas in B2B and B2C formats.
Representatives of Uzbekistan Airways informed the participants about the facilities established for tourists, particularly the availability of direct flights between Tashkent and Kuala Lumpur.
Furthermore, a number of Malaysian tourism companies participating in the exhibition secured the sale of travel packages to Uzbekistan.
During the event, within the framework of direct cooperation between the tour operators of the two nations, concrete agreements aimed at increasing the tourist flow to Uzbekistan were reached.
Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) was founded in 1975 and unites more than 3,000 tourism companies. MATTA has representative offices across the country and regularly conducts the “MATTA Fair” tourism exhibitions in all states of Malaysia.
Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur is considered one of the largest and most renowned tourism fairs in the Asia-Pacific region. The event features over 1,200 tourism companies and representatives from more than 50 foreign states, with the number of visitors exceeding 100,000 people.