For 8 months of 2018 the number of foreign visitors amounted to 3.4 million people against 1.5 million (+ 226%) for the same period in 2017. It is forecasted that the number of foreign citizens visiting Uzbekistan by the end of the year will amount to 4.8 million people (instead of 3.3 million of previously planned).
As reported by the Press Service of the State Committee for Tourism Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the export of tourism services for 8 months amounted to 666.9 million USD, which is more than twice as much compared to the same period of 2017 (327.3 million USD).