Uzbektourism national company and Advertisement Agency Great Silk Road are the organizers of two-day exhibition.

This year, the exhibition will include such events as conference on gastronomy tourism and festical of national cuisine “The taste of the Silk Road”.

The event is attended by leading tour operators, hotels and national tourism administrations, which will present their products and services. Overall, 30 companies are attending the exhibition, the organizers said.

The companies from Turkey, UAE, Singapore and Indonesia are participating in the exhibition. Among participants are all regions of Uzbekistan – Karakalpakstan, Navoi region, Namangan region and Kashkadarya region, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva.

Tourism company Enda Tour is a strategic partner of the exhibition. The company unites 23 hotels of Turkey, which are presenting potential of tourism industry of Turkey.

Today, the international conference of the UNWTO “Gastronomy tourism as factor of competitive product” was held.

The Festival of the national cuisine “The taste of the Silk Road” will be held on 18 April and it will present various Uzbek cuisine, including pilaf. Special attention will be paid to fish dishes as well.

The participants of the exhibition will also visit Parkent district to promote wine excursion. Several wine grapes and wine from them are produced in this district.

Yasmina Tour is an organizer of the excursion. The visitors will visit wineshops, familiarize with wine production history and taste the wines.