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AmCham News - Tourism and Hospitality Committee
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In September 2006 there has been put into operation one more special fast train «Shark» running between Tashkent and Bukhara. The train has economy and business class passenger cars. Economy class cars have comfortable chairs similar to those used in airliners. Business class cars have comfortable six-person compartments. There is also a VIP compartment in this new train. All its cars are equipped with computer, video, and air conditioning systems. The train has made it possible to considerably cut down the time of the journey (up to 8 hours). Air Travelers Now Set To Fly To Moscow From Termez Too. Following the years-long pause, the flights alone the air route Termez-Moscow and return has been reestablished. Thanks to the efforts on the part of Russian airlines the «Moskovia» agency is reported to have launched a ticket office in Termer. According to the report, there is a discount for the retired, young men and women, as well as family travelers - the trip would cost for them a quarter cheaper compared to the usual ticket price. «Moscovia» also plans to open agencies of «Domodcdovo Airlines» and «Acroflot» for the direct access to destinations around the world from the south of Uzbekistan. 19-20 October 2006. International scientific conference «Great Silk Road. Culture and Traditions. The Past and the Present», will be held in the International Caravan-Saray of culture of Ikuo Hirayama of the Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan. The conference is organized by the Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan, Fund Forum of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan, the UNESCO mission in Uzbekistan, the Ministry for Culture and Sport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the International Caravan-Saray of Culture of the Academy of Fine Arts. The aim of the conference is to attract the world community's interest in restoring the Great Silk Road. The conference, turned out to be already an annual conference, will be attended by historians, archaeologists, restorers and experts from the countries of Europe, Central Asia, Australia, Russia, South Korea, Japan and other states. Uzbek historical, cultural artifacts to go on display in Brussels. The Royal Museum of Arts and History of Belgium launched the preparation work to stage the exhibition «Samarkand at the crossroads of the Great Silk Road: treasures of Uzbekistan museums». The Museum has already started the preparation works for the exhibition, the holding of which is scheduled to 2009. Ancient Silk Road to get its modern railway counterpart under UN auspices. From Armenia to Viet Nam. through Uzbekistan an 'iron' version of the tamed Silk Road will move a step closer to reality next month when Asian transport ministers sign an agreement under United Nations auspices for a transcontinental rail network to link their capital cities, ports and industrial centres, and facilitate international trade and tourism. The Trans-Asian Railway Network (TAR) Agreement, to be signed at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNbSCAP) Ministerial Conference on Transport from 6-11 November in Busan, Republic ofKorea, comes on the heels of the Asian Highway Network that came into force last year, also under UNHSCAP auspices. Uzbekistan is also a member of TAR. Tourism for exhibitions - exhibitions for tourism. Tourist services markets are the essential segment of the congress - exhibition business. The autumn exhibition season in many large cities of the world, including in the capital of Uzbekistan goes full blast. In the turn of these bright events, some ot which now and then resemble colourful holidays and large showrooms of the newest achievements in different branches of the economy, and tourist exhibitions occupy not last place. The number of different, large and small exhibitions and fairs in our country will soon approach one hundred. Among the leading branch exhibitions, conducted in recent years in Uzbekistan, the most authoritative from the point of view of age, perhaps, is the Tashkent international tourism fair (TITF) «Tourism along the Silk Road». During October 24-26th of this year, TITF will be held the twelfih time in the capital of our country. It will be also worthwhile to recall that many presently well-known specialists of exhibition business in Uzbekistan obtained their first experience in this difficult career precisely at this Tashkent tourist fair, which had become already sufficiently prominent among tourism professionals. Presenting unique tourism product under the brand «The Silk Road», TITF enters the list of the largest international events, being conducted annually in the world under the aegis of the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations Organization (UN WTO). 130 public places in Tashkent will have Wi-Fi Internet access. As a part of the «Invasion Wi-Fi» program the Uzbek Company Sharq Telecom is going to supply with wireless sites of Internet access through Wi-Fi technology to about 130 public places in Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka newspaper reported on October 6, 2006. Thus, the Internet users including tourists and business travelers, would be able, while at theaters, cafes or restaurants, to have a free access to the worldwide web provided by the Sharq Telekom Company. Up to date, 26 cafes and restaurants in Tashkent have been supplied with such modern type of services, the report concluded. And the last, but not the least note: As it was announced at the 10th anniversary of AMCHAM, all AMCHAM members will get special discounts in the hotel «SEMURG». For more information, contact Nargiza at (998-71) 139-16-20/80 or via e-mail: seaf.uz@gmail.com Tourism Exhibitions Calendar 2006 October 11 - 13 - UKRAINETRAVELMARKET(UKRAINE) November 02 - 05 - BAUCON YAPEX 2006 (ANTALYA - TURKEY) December 04 - 06 - SEATRADE MIDDLE EAST MARITIME (DUBAI, UAE)
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