Uzbekistan’s Tourism Committee reported on 2 October the outcomes of the first Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Summit, held in Tashkent on 26 August. The event was organised by the committee, the International Ecotourism Association and TravelShop Group. According to the official release, it brought together about 50 foreign tour operators and industry experts from more than 20 countries, as well as around 100 Uzbek tourism companies. The programme included sessions on sustainable tourism and international cooperation, alongside business-to-business meetings between local and foreign industry representatives.

The committee said companies from long-haul markets including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, India, New Zealand and Malaysia took part in negotiations. Uzbek tourism businesses are establishing cooperation to list and sell products through the international online booking platform TravelShop Booking. The committee says the system will enable bookings and payments through an international distribution network and give companies access to digital marketing tools. The announcement does not identify which businesses will connect to the platform, state commercial terms or report completed bookings.

Participants also established contacts with tour operators serving Muslim communities in Canada, the UK and European countries. The committee linked this interest to Uzbekistan’s Islamic heritage and pilgrimage tourism, and discussed routes combining cultural, ecological, mountain, recreational and culinary experiences. The approach is intended to encourage longer stays and let visitors include multiple regions in one trip. The announcement does not say that these contacts have produced a sales contract, a visitor commitment or new routes already in operation.

Another planned outcome is a national Uzbekistan pavilion at an international tourism exhibition in Antalya, Türkiye, scheduled for 25–28 October. The committee said more than 10 Uzbek tourism companies are expected to present products directly to foreign partners. Participation was announced as a future activity; the release does not say the fair has taken place or that contracts have been signed. The committee described the summit as a starting point for reaching new markets and joining online distribution channels.

National sector figures help distinguish the summit’s plans from Uzbekistan’s wider tourism activity. The committee’s January–June 2026 report recorded 6.6 million international tourists, US$2.8 billion in tourism-service exports and more than 13.4 million domestic trips. It also reported 7,364 accommodation facilities, 202,300 beds and 48 tourism villages in that period. These are national indicators, not results of the summit. The practical effects of the initiative could be assessed through companies joining the platform, making sales and receiving payments, developing packages with foreign operators and establishing business links at the exhibition. The committee has not yet reported those results as completed outcomes.