In particular, he met with officials of Banoa, TUI Spain, Transrutas, SERCOBE, Global Journey Consulting, Spain.InteligenciaTuristica.com, INNOVA TAXFREE, Sole Studios, Idealmedia Platforma de Cominicacion, the Federation of Travel Associations of Valencia, the administration of the international tourism exhibition FITUR and others.

During the meetings, the Uzbek side informed foreign partners about the available tourist and recreational resources and about the rich historical and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan, the press service of the State Committee for Tourism of Uzbekistan said.

The Spanish side expressed a keen interest in the tourism opportunities and potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its readiness to work out the issue of sending Spanish tourists to Uzbekistan.

In particular, during the meeting with the Director for CIS and Eastern Europe of SERCOBE H.Rodriges, the issues on attracting investments into the development of the hotel sector of Uzbekistan with the participation of internationally recognized brands were considered. The sides reached agreement that Rodriges to visit Uzbekistan in December to study existing infrastructure and tourism potential.

At the same time, during the talks between the management of the State Committee for Tourism and representatives of INNOVA TAXFREE, the sides discussed issues of including Uzbekistan into an international network of shopping tourism and attracting world trade brands to Uzbekistan.

So, as practical measures for further cooperation between the two parties, joint preparation of the strategy of development of shopping tourism in Uzbekistan and the introduction of a VAT refund service for foreign tourists have been determined.

An agreement was reached on arranging the visit of INNOVA TAXFREE specialists to Uzbekistan in February 2018 in order to conduct a preliminary analysis of the country’s market and prospects for cooperation in this field.

In addition, in order to promote the national tourism brand "Uzbekistan" in foreign markets, a meeting was held with the executive director of Sole Studios V. Fuentes. The parties discussed the possibility of preparing a film about the tourist and investment potential of Uzbekistan.

The committee official also reached agreement with international tourism exhibition FITUR on organization of various trainings for Uzbek specialists on such topics as organization of international tourisms.

As a result, solid agreements have been reached between Uzbek and Spanish travel companies to send more than 3,000 Spanish tourists to Uzbekistan next year.