In January-May of this year, 2,589.2 thousand foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism purposes.
Tourists who arrived by air amounted to 428.4 thousand people (16.5%), by rail - 32.8 thousand people (1.3%), by road - 18.4 thousand people (0.7%) . The largest number were backpackers - 2,109.6 thousand people (81.5%).
