Tajikistan Becomes More Attractive For Foreign Tourists
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, August 6. More than
490,000 foreign tourists visited Tajikistan from January through
June 2023, trend reports.
According to the Statistical Agency of Tajikistan, this is
almost a 30-percent increase compared to the same period in
2022.
Overall, around 630,000 foreign citizens visited Tajikistan for
various purposes, such as business trips, leisure, and other
activities, during the first half of 2023, which is a 34 percent
rise compared to last year's indicators.
The top countries from which tourists arrived in Tajikistan were
Uzbekistan (413,000 tourists), Russia (151,000 tourists),
Kazakhstan (15,500 tourists), China (8,600 tourists), Türkiye
(5,300 tourists), the US (4,300 tourists), Iran (2,700 tourists),
and Afghanistan (2,400 tourists).
Conversely, the number of Tajik citizens leaving the country
during the first half of this year exceeded 1.6 million, growing 40
percent compared to the same period in 2022.
As of the beginning of April this year, 240 tourist companies
were operating in Tajikistan. Moreover, 185 hotels were in
operation, including 5 five-star hotels, 20 four-star hotels, 14
three-star hotels, 4 two-star hotels, and 1 first-degree hotel,
along with 140 unclassified hotels.
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