Uzbekistan Havo Yollari transports tourists from London to Uzbekistan

The group included British tourists of Bangladeshi origin, the Uzbek airline said in a statement.

During a short sightseeing tour, guests will get acquainted with the historical sights of the capital, the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and worship holy places of the Islamic religion in our country.

Uzbekistan is currently working on increasing number of tourists via pilgrimage program. Currently, together with travel companies, various short-term educational tours to holy places in Uzbekistan and combined tourist packages are being developed to attract "direct" and transit tourists.