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during the Soviet Union. The table below shows the Uzbek locations
from where people come
to Kyrgyzstan as well as their trip purposes and source of information about Kyrgyzstan.
Table 1. Visitors from Uzbekistan
Locations in
Uzbekistan
Locations visited
in Kyrgyzstan
Purpose of
visit
Information about Kyrgyzstan is received
Fergana,
Andijan,
Namangan
Jalal-Abad, Osh
oblasts
Visiting of
relatives,
trade,
tourism
Mostly relatives who live in Kyrgyzstan from the
period of the Soviet Union until now. However,
few people travel to Kyrgyzstan through the Uzbek
tourist companies cooperating
with the tourist
companies based in Osh city
Tashkent
Issyk-Kul lake
Tourism
1)Tourist companies
2)People who used to come to Issyk-Kul during the
Soviet Union
and their families
It should also be noted that the marketing activities of both countries should consist of
information on the specific tourist products, resorts and areas (e.g. Issyk-Kul
lake as well its
resorts, Arstanbap resort etc., Padysha Ata memorial in Ala-Buka etc.) rather than advertisement
of the countries in general. These are two neighboring countries that used to be part of the Soviet
Union and the countries does not need to be advertised to each other.
Winter tourism in Kyrgyzstan among the Uzbek tourists is not popular at all. Around 50
visitors
from Uzbekistan per year come for skiing in Kyrgyzstan. Thus, the potential of this type of
tourism is not studied.
In general, the number of visitors from Uzbekistan is increasing each year. The State Border
Service provided the statistics from 2015 to 2018. Full data for 2019 is not yet available. The
data separates tourism and private visits. However private visits may include tourism activities as
well according to the findings of the qualitative interviews.
Table 2. Number of Uzbek citizens who visited Kyrgyzstan from 2015 to 2018
Source: Kyrgyz State Border Service
2. Visa
Up to 60 days Uzbek citizens might be on the territory
of Kyrgyzstan without visa; duration of
free-visa stay of tourists from third countries is dependent on their citizenship as the cost of visa
itself.
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