91,633 foreign citizens visited Samarkand in May this year.

According to the Regional Department of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, this is four times more than last year. The tourists were from Tajikistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Germany, France and the United States.

Deputy Hokim of the region R. Kobilov notes that not only the number has changed. The stay in the city of foreign tourists is 2.6 days, their daily expenses are 152 dollars, and not 120, as it was last year. 62 tourist destinations will be organized to increase the period of stay of tourists in the region.

G. Khasanov, UzA