Uzbekistan Travel News

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Concerns about the spread of swine flu are creating an additional hurdle for Central Asian believers hoping to make the Hajj, or the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

XI'AN: Authorities in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, are hoping the ruins of a 1,300-year-old market will be inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a landmark along the ancient Silk Road.

Thank you, cotton-growers! That'll be it for now. Translation of Musafirbek 's post For the past few days, Uzbekistan's media has been littered with painfully Soviet-style headlines: "A Great Victory for Our Cotton-Growers," "The Nation Praises the Heroes in Her Fields," and so on.

Translation of mursya a s post This was the question addressed by blogger bellamar , who shared his point of view with neweurasia.net. Ita s a pity that wea re in the middle of a crisis.

A variety of special events and exhibits will be highlighted throughout the grounds at the 66th annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America's premiere multi-cultural festival, to be held Fri., Nov.

Then here are two stories to read before you go. The first, from a recent New York Times , reads like travel horror to those unfamiliar with Central Asia, but to old initiates it rings true, and probably reminds one of previous trips.

Narrow medieval streets leading to blue-tiled palaces and mosques. Crowded oriental bazaars filled with merchants hawking their wares.

All State Tourism Action Council staff nationwide will be absorbed into state tourism departments upon the abolishment of the councils at the end of this year.

A press conference devoted to the forthcoming 15th anniversary Tashkent International Tourist Fair "Tourism on the Silk Road" was held in Tashkent on 19 October.

The Forgotten Greeks of Uzbekistan By Catherine Tsounis "Greek music and cuisine played a major part of my childhood, in the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, that was part of the Soviet Union.

Signaling a sense of strategic urgency to counter recent Taliban gains, the Northern Distribution Network is being adapted to handle the transit of weaponry and hardware destined for US and NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.

On the occasion of 140th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Mahatma Gandhi Indological Centre at Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies organized a scientific conference "Concept and philosophy of non-violence and its importance in contemporary world" to commemorate the International Non-Violence Day.

MUSCAT a ' A joint communique was issued here yesterday at the conclusion of President Karimova TMs visit to the Sultanate following in full text of the Communique: a oeHis Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said received at the capital Muscat President Islam Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan who paid a state visit to the Sultanate of Oman on Sunday.

ORIENTED: A Sabo Modern Dance artiste giving a dance performance at the Uzbek Folk Dances and Music in Bangalore on Wednesday.

The awarding ceremony of the winners of the Internet Festival of UZ national domain was held in Tashkent on 25 September, the last day of the Week of Information and Communication Technologies.

The ancient city of Khiva in Uzbekistan. Photograph by: Ted Davis/Canwest News Service, Canwest News Service After the unexpected green landscapes and even snowy peaks of Kyrgyzstan, the Silk Road starts to take on a more arid, expected aspect as it proceeds east.

Lost in the rough of present-day economic hardship and environmental degradation, Uzbekistan's state art museum in Nukus is a little-known treasure that houses a trove of the Soviet era's unacknowledged cultural heritage.

The eccentric airways of the former USSR. Neil Taylor Want a plane ticket to Asia at a silly price? How about Gatwick to Karachi for pounds 276 return, including all taxes; Heathrow to Bangkok and back for pounds 360; or Birmingham to Delhi for pounds 370? No problem, so long as you don't mind changing planes in the former USSR.

The increase of Asiana Airlines regular flights between capitals of two countries till 5 times a week stimulated this South-Korean aviation company to pay a special attention to the tourism market of Uzbekistan.