The meeting
was attended by representatives of the state bodies of Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan responsible for the development
of tourism, as well as representatives of the CIS Executive Committee and the
Secretariat of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member
States.
The agenda
included issues of trends and promising projects for the development of tourism
in the CIS member states, the implementation of the Strategy for the Development
of Cooperation between the CIS member states in the field of tourism for
2021-2030, statistical accounting and forecasting of tourist flows, training,
as well as further expansion of cooperation in the field of tourism.
Special
attention was paid at the meeting to improving the mechanisms for the regular
exchange of statistical and analytical data on mutual tourist flows. In
particular, the possibilities of establishing information exchange between the
authorized bodies of the CIS member states in the field of tourism, as well as
the integration of information resources of national digital platforms, were
discussed.
The meeting
also discussed separately the activities of the "Silk Road"
International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in the city of
Samarkand as the basic organization of the CIS member states in the field of
tourism.
The Deputy
Chairman of the Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sanjar
Tajiyev, made a report on this issue. He informed about the current activities
of the university, its international cooperation, educational and scientific
programs, as well as ongoing work to develop cooperation between relevant
higher educational institutions of the CIS member states.
One of the
important issues on the agenda was the determination of the next presidency of
the Council. In accordance with the established principle of rotation, the
chairmanship of the Council of Tourism of the CIS member States for the period
2026-2027 passed to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Chairman of the Tourism
Committee Abdulaziz Akkulov was appointed Chairman of the Council. It was also
decided to hold a regular meeting of the Council in 2027 in the Republic of
Uzbekistan.
During
Uzbekistan's presidency of the Council, special attention will be paid to the
development of cross-border tourism, improving the exchange of tourism
statistics and analytical data, training qualified personnel in the field of
tourism, strengthening cooperation between educational institutions, as well as
developing joint tourist routes.
Cooperation
in these areas will contribute to the further expansion of practical ties in
the field of tourism within the CIS, the exchange of experience and the
promotion of new joint initiatives.