On Additional Organizational Measures to Create Favorable Conditions for the Development of the Tourist Potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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[ OKOZ: 1. 14.00.00.00 Healthcare. Physical culture. Sports. Tourism / 14.03.00.00 Tourism. Excursions. Hotel business / 14.03.01.00 Tourism] [ TMS: 1. Socio-cultural issues / Tourism] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Decree Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element On Additional Organizational Measures to Create Favorable Conditions for the Development of the Tourist Potential of the Republic of Uzbekistan Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element In order to create the most favorable conditions for the development of the tourist potential of the republic, primarily through active investment attraction, implementation of innovative ideas and technologies in this sector, as well as comprehensive use of the opportunities and resources of the country's rich natural, cultural, and historical heritage: [ OKOZ: 1. 02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.07.00.00 Administrative-Legal Regimes / 02.07.06.00 Passport and Visa Regimes (see also 16.05.03.00)] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element

1. Establish, effective from February 10, 2018, a visa-free regime for a period of 30 days from the date of entry into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan for citizens of the State of Israel, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore, the Republic of Turkey, and Japan, as well as crew members of aircraft of foreign airlines operating regular flights to the Republic of Uzbekistan. See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element [ OKOZ:

02.00.00.00 Fundamentals of State Administration / 02.07.00.00 Administrative-Legal Regimes / 02.07.06.00 Passport and Visa Regimes (see also 16.05.03.00)] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 1 1 . Approve the list of countries for whose citizens a simplified procedure for issuing tourist visas is introduced, providing for the cancellation of the requirement to submit a tourism voucher to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or for the inviting legal or physical entity in the Republic of Uzbekistan to apply, and for the issuance of a visa within two working days, excluding the day of document acceptance, according to Appendix No. 1 . (point 1 1 introduced by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 25, 2019 No. UP-5735 — National Database of Legislation, 29.05.2019, No. 06/19/5731/3200) See previous edition. (point 2 lost force by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 5, 2019 No. UP-5611 — National Database of Legislation, 06.01.2019, No. 06/18/5611/2430) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 3. The State Center for Personalization under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Committee for Tourism Development, the Ministry of Finance, and other interested ministries and departments, put into operation the system for issuing electronic entry visas by July 1, 2018. [ OKOZ: 1. 14.00.00.00 Healthcare. Physical culture. Sports. Tourism / 14.03.00.00 Tourism. Excursions. Hotel business / 14.03.01.00 Tourism] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 4. Reorganize the State Unitary Enterprise "Center for Promotion of the National Tourist Product" under the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development into the State Unitary Enterprise "National PR Center" under the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development, assigning it the tasks of organizing the promotion of the tourist potential of the republic. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development is tasked, using funds from the non-budgetary Tourism Support Fund, to ensure: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element by March 1, 2018 — the creation of the necessary material and technical base for the State Unitary Enterprise "National PR Center", including the purchase of modern and high-tech filming equipment, motor vehicles, including off-road vehicles, as well as the allocation of necessary premises without payment of rent; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element by April 1, 2018 — the formation of creative and filming groups, including the involvement of foreign specialists, as well as the allocation of necessary funds for their maintenance and material incentive; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element on a permanent basis — financing, including through outsourcing, the development of scenarios and concepts for filming works, creative expeditions, and trips to the regions of the republic by formed creative and filming groups, as well as the activities of other creative groups preparing materials on the promotion of the country's tourist potential. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 5. Approve the proposal of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development, the Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, the Union of Youth of Uzbekistan, the Council of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, the Committee of Women of Uzbekistan, the Charitable Public Fund of Uzbekistan "Mahalla", and the Fund for Supporting Public Activity of Veterans of Uzbekistan "Nuroniy" on the implementation of the Domestic Tourism Development Program "Travel Across Uzbekistan!" (hereinafter — the Program), providing for the organization of tourist and excursion tours across the regions of the republic for: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element students of educational institutions — during holidays and weekends; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element employees of organizations — on weekends, national holidays, and vacations, especially during the low tourist season; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element socially vulnerable categories of the population, pensioners, war and labor veterans — year-round with active use of sanatorium-resort rest; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element representatives of the older generation, young families, activists of citizen assemblies, women's and other public associations — during the low tourist season. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 6. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element within one month, submit for approval the Plan of Practical Measures for the Implementation of the Program; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element within one month, jointly with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Assistance to Privatized Enterprises and Development of Competition, determine the mechanisms for the participation of business entities providing tourist services in the Program, based on criteria of quality, safety, and competitive prices, and their interaction within its implementation; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element by March 1, 2018, post on its official website information on the conditions for participation in the Program, mechanisms for organizing tourist and excursion programs, a list of partner-organizers, and a list of services provided by them, and other necessary data. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 7. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, jointly with interested ministries and departments, ensure the revision of concluded international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with the requirements of this Decree. [ OKOZ: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.02.00.00 Customs-Tariff Regulation / 10.02.07.00 Tariff Preferences and Preferences] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 8. Exempt: See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element a) legal entities whose main activity is the organization of services for a thematic park, for a period of 3 years from the date of commissioning of the thematic parks — from payment of corporate income tax, land tax, and property tax, as well as turnover tax, in case of commissioning no later than July 1, 2022; (subparagraph "a" of point 8 in the edition of Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 8, 2022 No. UP-101 — National Database of Legislation, 09.04.2022, No. 06/22/101/0288 — Enters into force from January 1, 2023) See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element b) thematic parks, hotels, and other accommodation facilities for a period up to January 1, 2024 — from payment of customs duties on imported equipment, machinery, raw materials, components, spare parts, construction, and other materials (including furniture and inventory) for the construction, reconstruction, and equipping of thematic parks, hotels, and other accommodation facilities according to lists approved in the established order; (subparagraph "b" of point 8 in the edition of Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 30, 2021 No. UP-6318 — National Database of Legislation, 30.09.2021, No. 06/21/6318/0927 — Enters into force from January 1, 2022) See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element c) business entities for a period up to January 1, 2024 — from payment of customs duties on goods imported into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element transport vehicles, from the moment of their release, which are no more than 5 years old, used for passenger transport and having eight or more seating places in addition to the driver's seat; See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element equipment, mechanisms, and spare parts for the construction, reconstruction, and equipping of cable cars, ski lifts, funiculars, and other similar objects and structures, as well as aerostats (hot air balloons), electric motor boats, vehicles specifically designed for movement on snow (HS code 8703 10), and quad bikes according to lists approved in the established order. (paragraph three of subparagraph "c" of point 8 in the edition of Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 15, 2022 No. UP-52 — National Database of Legislation, 15.01.2022, No. 06/22/52/0029) See previous edition. (point 9 will lose force from January 1, 2023 by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 8, 2022 No. UP-101 — National Database of Legislation, 09.04.2022, No. 06/22/101/0288) [ OKOZ: 1. 12.00.00.00 Information and Informatization / 12.04.00.00 Informatization. Information Systems, Technologies, and Means of Their Provision / 12.04.03.00 Global Internet Network; 2. 14.00.00.00 Healthcare. Physical culture. Sports. Tourism / 14.03.00.00 Tourism. Excursions. Hotel business / 14.03.01.00 Tourism] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 10. Establish that: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element from January 1, 2018, the taxable base of economic entities providing services for the sale of tourist products and/or online booking of tourist services is reduced by the amount of expenses directed towards the implementation of electronic services, including electronic payments, booking, acquiring, and others, as well as specialized internet sites and portals offering modern types of tourist services; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element operators, providers, and other economic entities that have created zones of free wireless access to the Internet (Wi-Fi) in public places must ensure access of appropriate quality with mandatory identification of users; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element the taxable base of economic entities that have installed zones of free wireless access to the Internet (Wi-Fi) on their territory, including under the unified tax payment, is reduced by the amount of expenses directed towards the purchase of equipment and acquisition of internet traffic for the deployment of a wireless access zone of appropriate quality; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element operators, providers, and other economic entities that have created zones of free wireless access to the Internet (Wi-Fi) in public places are granted the right to install an advertising banner or stretch banner with an area of no more than 18 sq. m in this zone on a gratuitous basis and without obtaining permission from the relevant local state authorities; See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element quality control of services provided in zones of free wireless access to the Internet (Wi-Fi) is carried out by the Inspectorate for Control in the Sphere of Communication, Informatization, and Telecommunication Technologies under the Ministry of Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan. (paragraph six of point 10 in the edition of Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 17, 2018 No. UP-5420 — National Database of Legislation, 18.04.2018, No. 06/18/5420/1081) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 11. Agree with the proposals of the State Committee for Tourism Development and the State Committee for Investments on opening a credit line of the Reconstruction and Development Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the amount of 200 million USD for co-financing investment projects for the construction of hotels, adjacent road, engineering, and communication infrastructure. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element The Reconstruction and Development Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan is to open credit lines to commercial banks within two months for them to issue loans to business entities on the following conditions: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element the loan term is 15 years (preferential period — 5 years) — for the purchase of imported equipment and technologies for hotels and objects of adjacent road, engineering, and communication infrastructure. The volume of credit issued to one client from the funds of the target credit line must not exceed 50 percent of the project amount; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element loans are provided based on positive decisions of authorized commercial banks on the economic and financial feasibility of implementing the investment project. At the same time, the loan amount issued to one borrower must not exceed 10 million USD per one investment project. [ OKOZ: 1. 13.00.00.00 Education. Science. Culture / 13.03.00.00 Culture / 13.03.19.00 Mass Media (radio, television, etc.), (see also 12.03.09.00)] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 12. Designate the "Dunyo Bo'ylab" TV channel of the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan as the main information partner of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development in covering events on the development of domestic tourism, active recreation, and sports tourism, the preservation and use of cultural heritage objects and natural wealth, including protected natural areas. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 13. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development, jointly with interested ministries and departments, the Council of Ministers of the Karakalpakstan Republic, and the hokimiyats of regions and the city of Tashkent, within ten days, develop and submit draft resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan providing for measures to develop inbound tourism, ensure the accelerated development of domestic tourism, as well as the revision of the powers and structure of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development in light of this Decree. LexUz Comment See: resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 6, 2018 No. PP-3509 "On Measures to Develop Inbound Tourism". Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 14. Make changes to certain Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to Appendix No. 2 . Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 15. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development, jointly with interested ministries and departments, within two months, submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan proposals on changes and additions to legislation arising from this Decree. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Ministries and departments are to bring their adopted normative legal acts into compliance with this Decree within one month. See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element 16. Control over the implementation of this Decree is entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan — Chairman of the Coordination Council on Issues of Development of State-Private Partnership and Digitalization in the Spheres of Tourism, Sports, Cultural Heritage, Transport Logistics, and Services A.N. Aripov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan S.R. Kholmurodov, and Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development A.A. Abdokhakov. (point 16 in the edition of Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 15, 2022 No. UP-52 — National Database of Legislation, 15.01.2022, No. 06/22/52/0029) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Tashkent, Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element February 3, 2018, Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element No. UP-5326 See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element APPENDIX No. 1 to Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 3, 2018 No. UP-5326

LIST Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element countries for whose citizens a simplified procedure for issuing tourist visas is introduced See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get reference from document element

1. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

2. Antigua and Barbuda

3. Arab Republic of Egypt

4. Barbados

5. Belize

6. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

7. Oriental Republic of Uruguay

8. Gabonese Republic

9. State of Kuwait

10. Grenada

11. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

12. Dominican Republic

13. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

14. Islamic Republic of Iran

15. People's Republic of China, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau of the People's Republic of China

16. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

17. Cooperative Republic of Guyana

18. Kingdom of Bahrain

19. Kingdom of Bhutan

20. Kingdom of Cambodia

21. Kingdom of Morocco

22. Kingdom of Tonga

23. Lao People's Democratic Republic

24. Lebanese Republic

25. Maldives

26. United Mexican States

27. Plurinational State of Bolivia

28. Independent State of Samoa

29. People's Republic of Bangladesh

30. Republic of Albania

31. Republic of Angola

32. Republic of Vanuatu

33. Republic of Ghana

34. Republic of Guatemala

35. Republic of Honduras

36. Republic of India

37. Republic of Cabo Verde

38. Republic of Cameroon

39. Republic of Kiribati

40. Republic of Colombia

41. Republic of Costa Rica

42. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

43. Republic of Cuba

44. Republic of Mauritius

45. Republic of North Macedonia

46. Republic of the Marshall Islands

47. Republic of Nauru

48. Republic of Nicaragua

49. Republic of Palau

50. Republic of Panama

51. Republic of Paraguay

52. Republic of Peru

53. Republic of Seychelles

54. Republic of Senegal

55. Republic of Suriname

56. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

57. Republic of Fiji

58. Republic of the Philippines

59. Republic of Ecuador

60. Republic of El Salvador

61. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

62. Saint Lucia

63. United States of America

64. Solomon Islands

65. Commonwealth of The Bahamas

66. Commonwealth of Dominica

67. Socialist Republic of Vietnam

68. Sultanate of Oman

69. Republic of Tunisia

70. Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

71. Federated States of Micronesia

72. Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

73. Republic of South Africa

74. Jamaica (appendix No. 1 in the edition of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 5, 2023 No. UP-86 — National Database of Legislation, 05.06.2023, No. 06/23/86/0329) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element APPENDIX No. 2 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 3, 2018 No. UP-5326 Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element Changes made to some Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element

75. In the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of April 11, 2005 No. UP-3594 "On additional measures to stimulate the attraction of direct private foreign investments": Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element

the second paragraph of paragraph 2 is to be worded as follows: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element "placement of the specified enterprises in all cities and rural settlements of the republic, with the exception of the city of Tashkent and the Tashkent region. This territorial restriction does not apply to enterprises engaged in tourism activities"; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element 2) in the appendix paragraph 21 is to be worded as follows: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element "21. Tourism: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element hotel services; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element tourist services; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element organization of thematic parks (entertainment parks, park ensembles organized around one or several themes, providing services aimed at satisfying the needs of visitors of different ages)". Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element 2. In the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of December 2, 2016 No. UP-4861 "On measures to ensure the accelerated development of the tourism industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan": Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element in the fourth paragraph of paragraph 4, the words "from January 1, 2018, mandatory" are to be replaced with the words "from April 1, 2018, voluntary"; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element the third paragraph of paragraph 12 is to be worded as follows: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a reference from the document element "customs payments (except for fees for customs clearance) for imported equipment, machinery, raw materials, components and spare parts, construction and other materials not produced in the Republic of Uzbekistan, for the construction, reconstruction and equipping of hotels and other accommodation facilities according to lists approved in the established order". (National Database of Legislation, 06.02.2018, No. 06/18/5326/0657; 18.04.2018, No. 06/18/5420/1081, 12.10.2018, No. 06/18/5552/2038; 06.01.2019, No. 06/18/5611/2430, 29.05.2019, No. 06/19/5731/3200, 15.08.2019, No. 06/19/5781/3567; 19.06.2020, No. 06/20/6011/0780; 30.09.2021, No. 06/21/6318/0927; 15.01.2022, No. 06/22/52/0029, 09.04.2022, No. 06/22/101/0288; 17.08.2022, No. 06/22/190/0742; 05.06.2023, No. 06/23/86/0329)