On November 4, 2019, the international tourism forum Turkistan: “One Way - One History” was held. Representatives of the Asian tourism industry attended the event and organized an information press tour of the Otrar region.
Tour operators and bloggers from China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia visited the Arystanbab mausoleum and the ruins of Otrar as well as the exposition hall of Otrar state archaeological preserve-museum. After the tour, a press conference with the participation of about 30 foreign tour operators, bloggers and media representatives was continued in the conference hall of Otrar Museum.
Akim of the region Abdygali Zhunusov noted that in order to create favorable conditions for tourists, work is being carried out on the improvement of the mausoleum of Arystanab and citadel of Otrar and in the future tourists will work together with the participants of the information tour to familiarize themselves with historical places.
President of the Eurasian Tourism Association Rysty Karabaeva and Director of the Turkestan Regional Center for the Development of Industry and Tourism Gulmira Akberdieva stated that foreign tour operators are already contributing to the development of tourism in the country. They expressed their gratitude for getting acquainted with the history of the Otrar region and shared their impressions.
Summing up the press-conference, Sapar Aliyaskarovich, acting director of Otrar museum noted that the number of foreign tourists in the Otrar region is growing and thanked the organizers for organizing an informative information trip on the magnificent objects of tourism.
In the final part of the event, a Memorandum of understanding was signed for the development and cooperation in tourism with the president of the Eurasian Tourism Association Rysty Karabaev, director of the Turkestan Regional Center for Industry and Tourism Gulmira Akberdiyeva and chairman of the Association of Touristic Agency of the Republic of Tajikistan Khabibov Davlet and chairman of the Zerafshan Tourism Council Norova Zafar.