Uzbekistan offers FAM tours from November, says Silk Road Destinations
Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan is leading tourism in the Central Asian tourism market  since its independence because it preserves its cultural heritage, monuments, archaeological spots and tourist friendly customs. Renovation, restoration and preservation of historic monuments are the top priorities set by Uzbek President Islam Karimov through special rules, laws and presidential grants. President Karimov believes that Central Asia offers best tourism destinations and Uzbekistan is the jewel of Central Asian tourism so it must provide best possible arrangements for tourism development and that is the reason Uzbekistan has biggest fleet of commercial flights in the whole Central Asia connecting Central Asia with the rest of the world. Uzbekistan offers FAM Tours almost every year to promote and showcase its tourism destinations to foreign tourism experts, gravel agents, travel writers and other stakeholders of travel and tourism industry. FAM Tours are organized by the Uzbek government as well as by top private travel organizations. One of these organizations is Silk Road Destinations that is leading incoming travel agency based in Samarkand. It is again offering FAM tours from first week of November 2014.
In an interview with Dispatch News Desk (DND) Vladimir KIM who is Sales Manager for Europe and Americas said his company spends a lot of money every year to promote destinations to keep Central Asia at the top of the tourism map and focal point of Central Asian tourism will remain Uzbekistan. Here are some important parts of his interview:
Q: Why do you organize FAM Tours?
A: FAM Tours  is a great learning tool for travel agents and meeting planners. Travel agents learn about the travel products and then in turn they recommend travel to their customers. FAM Tours often involve a lot of work, but are effective tool for building travel business. We love our country that is the reason Silk Road Destinations has been organizing FAM Tours for the last eleven years.
Q: What is Silk Road Destinations?
A: Silk Road Destinations is a brand led by a professional team who is passionate about our region (Central Asia) look beyond of our customer’s expectations and provide unique itineraries, which are carefully chosen to deliver the most exciting travel experience to our travelers within Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Our manifold business interests are travels, tourism, M.I.C.E. and leisure industries.
Q: What is your purpose of making of FAM Tours?
A: The purpose of a Fam Tours is to familiarize tourism professionals and media representatives with destinations and encourages them to bring future clients to these destinations. Fam Tours are effective not only for showing locations and production resources, but also as tools for establishing personal relationships with potential clients. Properly designed, these tours are a uniquely effective form of marketing that can raise good client age for future. The potential for positive economic impact is an effective selling point to Fam Tour sponsors, movie makers, documentary producers, film commission investors, and local officials. As universal truth investment in FAM Tours is an easiest way to discover new fascinating destinations for customers.
Q: When are you organizing these events?
A: FAM Tours is planned and scheduled in:
November 5-11, 2014
March 18-24, 2015
June 17-23, 2015
August 5-11, 2015
November 4-10, 2015
Q: What is the best time to take part in FAM Tours to Uzbekistan?
A: According to Uzbekistan Tourism National Reports, Spring (March – May) and Autumn are the most visited seasons in Uzbekistan, followed by Summer and Winter. Generally, there are ten sunny months in Uzbekistan during the entire year.
Q: What is the duration and programme highlights for your FAM Tours?
A: 7 days and 6 nights is the ideal duration to discover Uzbekistan. Our main destinations for such trips are cities that are on UNESCO World Heritage cities including Samarkand and Bukhara, village of Mitan (which is under the project of Ecotourism/Collective tourism) and the capital of Tashkent. Participants have an opportunity to be a part of international and multi-cultural team from all around the World and establish new business contacts and opportunities! More detailed information is available on www.silkroaddestinations.uz/
Q: What are common places you show during these trips?
A: Main selected places to visit are Registan Square, Amir Temur’s (Tamerlan) Mausoleum, Bibi-Khanum Mosque in Samarkand and Poiy Kalayan, Samanid’s Masouleum and Lyabi Hauz Ensemble in Bukhara and others.
Q: How to get to Uzbekistan?
A: There is national carrier – Uzbekistan Airways which operates since 1991 and flies to more than 60 destinations worldwide. Also presented Turkish Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Iran Air, Korean Air, British Airways, Air Astana, Russian Aeroflot, Tranaero, Air Kyrgyzstan and others which touchdown to Tashkent International Airport on daily, weekly basis.
Q: What would you say to our readers?
A: I invite tourism professionals and media representative to newly emerging destination to get to know the many different insights of Uzbekistan and hope everyone will enjoy unforgettable week as much as I enjoy sharing my home with you!
