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Unprecedented growth of tourists in Tajikistan

According to authorities, the number of tourists has increased almost threefold. Photo: Internet On July 28 of this year, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Tourism under the Government of Tajikistan, Kamoliddin Muminzod, announced at a press conference of this agency that more than 363,000 foreign tourists visited Tajikistan in the […]

According to authorities, the number of tourists has increased almost threefold.

Photo: Internet

On July 28 of this year, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Tourism under the Government of Tajikistan, Kamoliddin Muminzod, announced at a press conference of this agency that more than 363,000 foreign tourists visited Tajikistan in the first half of this year.

According to him, during this period, Tajikistan was visited by 238,000 more foreign tourists than last year, which is an increase of 2.9 times. Also, during this period, the number of tourists visiting Tajikistan from distant foreign countries amounted to 22,100 people.

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Tourism of Tajikistan stated that 244,000 foreign citizens who visited Tajikistan during this period are citizens of CIS countries.

Currently, there are 242 tourism companies operating in Tajikistan, of which 49 are in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, 41 in the Sughd Region, 18 in the Khatlon Region, 116 in the city of Dushanbe, and 18 in districts under republican jurisdiction.

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