Agrotourism And Its Development’s Prospects (On The Example Of Oltinsoy District Of Surkhandarya Region, Uzbekistan)

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The article highlights the role and importance of tourism in the economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the development of agrotourism, the specifics of agrotourism, and its benefits to the tourism industry. The aim of this thesis is identifying the important aspects of introducing the agrotourism among small-scale fermers in Oltinsoy district of Surkhandarya region. The existing agrotourism potential in Oltinsoy district and the directions for further development of agrotourism in the region are also covered by the paper. KEYWORDS Agrotourism, agriculture, tourism, agricultural farm, alternative tourism, mass tourism, rural tourism, income, employment, infrastructure. DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS: Fermer - a farm is personal labor of family members on the an independent economic entity, leading a personal plot of land given to the head of the commodity agricultural production using family for a lifetime inheritable possession. leased land plots. Dehkan fermer - dehkan farming is a family-size small-scale farm that produces and sells agricultural products on the basis of the The US A Journals Volume 02 Issue 11-2020 19 The American Journal of Management and Economics Innovations IMPACT FACTOR (ISSN – 2693-0811) 2020: 5. 307 Published: November 30, 2020 | Pages: 19-27 Doi: https://doi.org/10.37547/tajmei/Volume02Issue11-03 INTRODUCTION state’s attention to the development of tourism, which is an integral part of the service Today, tourism is one of the most profitable sector. types of business in the world and it has become an integral part of a market economy Among the main types of tourism, agrotourism and a rapidly developing strategic sector in plays an important role. Today, in the many countries of the world. Tourism is professional tourism business, agricultural developing in close cooperation with the world tourism, as a very profitable type of activity, economy’s transport, communications, trade, takes a significant place in the world tourism construction, agriculture, and consumer goods market. Recently, this type of tourism has industries, and is gaining a significant position been developing in Uzbekistan as well. in a global economy. Agrotourism, as a direction of tourist and recreational activity, is inextricably linked with Comprehensive measures are being taken in such concepts as types of tourism as ecological Uzbekistan to establish tourism as one of the and rural. Many scholars and practitioners strategic sectors to diversify the national disagree on the understanding of these three economy, accelerate regional development, definitions, and therefore there are several create new jobs, increase incomes and living points of view on how rural, agrotourism and standards of the population and improve ecological tourism relate to each other. The investment attractiveness of the country. agrotourism in the development of rural life is The Address of the President of the Republic of pivotal. The role of agrotourism in ensuring Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the agricultural development is significant. Parliament on January 24, 2020, also states that Because this type of tourism offers the chance the transformation of tourism into a strategic to effectively use the opportunities of the sector of the economy remains a priority and region. Also, it provides the development of includes tasks for the rapid development of the production and social infrastructure in rural high-potential pilgrimage and medical tourism areas and can serve to ensure effective [1]. employment for the rural population. The Strategy of Actions for the Further LITERATURE REVIEW Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Agrotourism as a special type of tourism began 2017-2021 also includes directions for the to develop in the 70s of the twentieth century. development of the tourism industry, In Italy, in 1985 a dedicated law was adopted on increasing its role and share in the economy, the formation and development of diversification and improving the quality of agrotourism. The law enshrines the provision tourist services, expansion of tourism of support to farms engaged in agrotourism. infrastructure [2]. For example, conditions were created for them Over the last few years, the tourism industry in to receive free information, preferential Uzbekistan has been developing rapidly. In taxation. As a result, the agrotourism industry 2019, the number of tourists visited Uzbekistan began to develop rapidly. If in 1985, in the reached 6 748.5 thousand, while in 2018 the provinces of Italy, farms received about 550 figure was 5 346.2. World-famous tourist thousand tourists, in 1999 their number centers such as Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva increased to 2 million people. Net profit from annually attract thousands of foreign tourists agrotourism amounted to 350 million US to Uzbekistan from all over the world. In 2019, dollars. This gave a tangible impetus to the the volume of exports of tourism services formation of the inde