The role of transportation infrastructure in the development of international tourism in Uzbekistan

• Mamurbek Utkir ugli Karimov ^[1] ; Ji Young Jeong ^[1] ; Yuldoshboy Sobirov ^[1] ; Changho Choi
  1. [1] National University

     National University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, ISSN 1645-9261, Nº. 41, 2023, págs. 403-420
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper analyzes the impact of the transport infrastructure for destination development and shows how it plays into the conventional demand for tourism at the level of international trade. An efficient transportation system and an adequate infrastructure are essential for the development of the tourism sector. Having a good transportation infrastructure result in less transportation cost, lower trading costs, and reducing travel distance, all of which contribute to the development of international tourism. Based on panel data from 22 countries trading with Uzbekistan during 2003_2019, the study examines bilateral tourism flows including transport infrastructure among other classical factors affecting foreign tourism. We have applied a gravity model to international tourism flows in order to control the role of infrastructure in various data sets as well as disaggregating the data sets by countries and time. It is evident from the results that Uzbekistan's foreign inbound tourism is strongly influenced by both direct and indirect transport infrastructure development. According to the findings, Uzbekistan can develop its tourism sector by strategically developing its transport infrastructure.