SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan Familiarization Tours (Fam Tours) for Nuvroz were successfully conducted by from March 17 to March 23, reports the Dispatch News Desk.
These Fam Tours to promote the tourism and culture of Uzbekistan will continue until November 2015.
According to Silk Road Destinations, which is conducting the Fam Tours, foreign travel and tourism agents, travel writers, and tourism experts are being invited by the Central Asia Incoming Tourism Agency (CATIA) to promote products Uzbekistan offers to international visitors.
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| Visitorsat Mitan Responsible Tourism Project that got International To Do 2014 Awardthis year at ITB Berlin |
Travel experts and travel writers from France, Italy, and the United States visited Uzbekistan for these tours. Visitors were also shown the Mitan Responsible Tourism Project that got the International To Do 2014 Award this year at ITB Berlin.
“The idea behind offering Fam Tours by Silk Road Destinations is not to only promote tourism of Uzbekistan [but] rather to encourage visitors to get a feel of [the] exotic culture of Silk Road destinations and provide opportunities to different cultures to know and understand each other,” said the company in a press statement issued on Monday.
Fam Tours are a great learning tool for travel agents as they learn about the travel products of Uzbekistan and then agents are in position to recommend travel to their customers. Travel writers and documentary producers are also invited to visit destinations so they can write or put such destinations in their writing and travel documentaries. A large number of travel writers and documentary producers visited Uzbekistan through Silk Road Destinations and promote Uzbekistan at international travel and tourism events.
Those who attended Fam Tours included Florence Colomban, Benoit Tredez, Nathalie Trichard, Brigitte Petre, Gauthier Magny, Fabrice Noyelle, Pierre Bessette, Marie-José Goussard, Tara Isabella Burton, Caytlin Swartz, Tiziana Poli, Oriana Righero, and Laura and Giampaolo Benelli.
The next Fam Tours will be offered in June, August, and November 2015.
According to Uzbekistan Tourism National Reports, spring and autumn are the most visited seasons in Uzbekistan, followed by summer and winter. Generally, there are ten sunny months in Uzbekistan during the entire year.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- “The idea behind offering Fam Tours by Silk Road Destinations is not to only promote tourism of Uzbekistan [but] rather to encourage visitors to get a feel of [the] exotic culture of Silk Road destinations and provide opportunities to different cultures to know and understand each other,” said the company in a press statement issued on Monday.
- According to Silk Road Destinations, which is conducting the Fam Tours, foreign travel and tourism agents, travel writers, and tourism experts are being invited by the Central Asia Incoming Tourism Agency (CATIA) to promote products Uzbekistan offers to international visitors.
- Fam Tours are a great learning tool for travel agents as they learn about the travel products of Uzbekistan and then agents are in position to recommend travel to their customers.
