“Tourism: a rapidly progressing network” (09/28/2018) 01/10/201809/01/2019 Nuruzova Zuhkra Presidential decree on August 16, 2017 “On the development of tourism in 2018-2019,” as well as “On urgent measures to create the five priority strategies of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the period 2017-2021” . Tourism is a profitable and rapidly growing sector of the economy. At the same time, tourism serves as a kind of network of peoples’ contacts in the sphere of culture and peace. The global tourism industry, the income from tourism used in automotive production, and ranked third after the oil and gas industry. In the world, 195 million people are employed in the tourism sector and are eight percent of the population. According to the World Tourism Organization, the flow of tourists in the world is growing at 4-5 percent per year.