Tourism services accounted for 20% of the country’s total exports.
Central Asian countries contributed $2.7 billion, or 44.4% of tourism export revenue. The remaining 55.6%, equivalent to approximately $3.4 billion, came from other countries.
Foreign tourist arrivals rise 19.4%
Uzbekistan received 11.62 million foreign visitors for tourism purposes in the first ten months of 2026, up by nearly 1.9 million, or 19.4%, from the same period in 2025.
Russia remained the largest source of visitors, with 1.1 million arrivals, around 30% more than a year earlier. China ranked among the fastest-growing markets, sending 430,300 visitors – twice as many as in the corresponding period of 2025.
Turkey accounted for 169,600 arrivals, an increase of 15%.
Visitor numbers from several Western countries also rose. Uzbekistan welcomed 50,800 tourists from Germany, up 26%; 32,900 from France, up 20%; and 30,200 from the United Kingdom, up 26%.
The number of visitors from the United States reached 47,300, a 1.4-fold increase, while arrivals from Japan rose 1.5 times to 42,800.
Growth was also recorded in Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern markets. Arrivals from Malaysia increased 1.7 times to 15,900, while Indonesia sent 10,500 visitors, up 1.6 times. The number of tourists from Egypt nearly doubled to 7,500.
