STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN

Concepts, Indicators and Evidence (2010-2025)

Abstract

The monograph examines the theoretical, methodological and practical issues of
the statistical assessment of tourism. It clarifies the concepts of tourism statistics
and proposes criteria of the usual environment for Uzbekistan, develops a system
of indicators of tourism performance and innovative development, compares the
international recommendations IRTS 2008 and TSA:RMF 2008 with national
practices, and analyses international and domestic tourism using official data for
2010–2025, including the Tourism Satellite Account indicators of Uzbekistan for
2019–2024. The factors of regional tourism development are assessed with
SWOT–Delphi and T-ABC methods, the tourism-led growth hypothesis is tested
by cointegration analysis, and directions for improving the measurement of
visitor numbers, the assessment of the economic role of tourism and the
forecasting of tourism indicators are proposed, including an ex-post evaluation
of earlier forecasts.