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Diagram №1 Experts answer the question, "When will the tourist demand for your destination begin to recover?"
50%
45%
45%
39%
40%
34%
35%
30%
25%
24%
25%
20%
15%
14%
15%
10%
5% 3%
0%
May-June
July - September 2020 October-December 2020 2021
2020
International 3% 24% 34% 39%
Domestic 14% 45% 25% 15%

International Domestic

Source: UNWTO – 2020
Taking into account the WTO recommendations on the restoration of tourism, on May 28, 2020, the Decree of the President of
the Republic of Uzbekistan "On urgent measures to support the tourism sector to reduce the negative impact of the coronavirus
pandemic" was adopted, in which the priority is the resumption of domestic tourism in the regions of the Republic from June 1,
2020, with a stable sanitary and epidemiological situation and with strict adherence to all sanitary standards. The same
document adopted a package of measures to stimulate the early recovery of the industry, including, among other things,
additional tax benefits and preferences, prolongation of the principal debt on previously issued loans and the provision of
targeted interest-free loans, subsidies for start-ups and innovative tourism products. According to Abdukhakimov A., the head
of the State Committee for Tourism, these measures should ensure the export of tourism services for more than 450 million U.S.
dollars.

Table №1 Indicators of the development of domestic tourism in Uzbekistan
Index 2017 2018 2019
Estimated number of households, thousand units 6321 6565,8 6742,6
Of them made trips within the country 4463,8 4737,5 5972,3
They carried out trips, thousand trips 106814,4 119094,1 108517,4
overnight stay 24550 28982,5 12920
with in a day 82264,4 90111,6 95597
Source: Compiled by the author based on the data of the State Statistics Committee
An analysis of domestic tourism development in Uzbekistan showed that although this direction of the industry recently began
to develop relatively, before the pandemic, it experienced stable growth.
However, in 2019, the number of trips within the country decreased by 9%, and the decline was due to a decrease in the
number of overnight trips by more than two times, while trips without an overnight stay increased by 6%. In our opinion, the
reasons for this decline could be the discrepancy between the price and quality of the provided accommodation services and
the change in travel goals.
In 2019, the priority goals of travel within Uzbekistan were visiting friends and relatives, making purchases. Therefore, for the
further development of domestic tourism, it is necessary to increase travel attractiveness, which is vacation, leisure, and visits
to religious sites. After all, it brings the highest income to the industry.

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