The State Statistics Committee has published information on the number of foreign nationals visiting Uzbekistan in the first half of 2021.

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Reportedly, nearly 650 thousand foreigners visited the republic in January-June of the current year.

Most of the visitors are citizens of Kyrgyzstan (265.9 thousand people, 38.4% of all visitors) and Kazakhstan (221.6 thousand people, 32.0%).

In addition, 71.7 thousand people came from the Russian Federation (10.4%), 55.0 thousand people from Tajikistan (8.0%) and 1.8 thousand people from Belarus (0.3%).