About 39 projects in tourism sphere to be realized in Bukhara

It is planned to direct some 18.5 billion soums to implementation of various projects in the tourism sphere.

Uzbek leader provided his recommendations to improve the system of training specialists for the tourism sector and regularly upgrading their qualifications.

Necessary instructions were given to build a small ring road going round Bukhara’s ancient shrines, to create marble pavements, to modernize the system of street lighting, to build hotels and to plant trees and flowers around them and to create all conveniences and opportunities for local and foreign investors.

The President inspected the Bukhara history museum construction project.

This museum is to be built in an area of 1.2 hectares, and 68.3 billion soms of budgetary funds are to be allocated for this construction project. Once the museum is built and put into use, rare exhibits being kept in the Ark fortress will be moved there. More than 60 jobs will be created.

The necessary instructions were given to equip the museum to world standards and to ensure security for visitors there.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev examined the current state of cultural heritage sites and projects for their preservation.

There are 660 cultural heritage sites in Bukhara. Most of them are examples of ancient architecture, monumental works of art and archaeological sites.

Instructions on the maintenance of the cultural heritage sites were given to specialists of this sphere.