Eco-tourism
The international center of ecological tourism«ECOSAN-TOUR» — a path to the sustainable development
As is known 2002 was declared by the United Nations Organization as the International year of ecotourism and the International year of mountains. In this connection the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the UNEP conducted in Quebec (Canada) the International summit on ecotourism on May 19-22, 2002. The Declaration adopted at the summit contains the recommendations on the development of ecological tourism in different countries. It indicates that the concept «ecotourism» can only be applied to those types of tourism that are aimed at the political and financial support of the environmental protection, recognition and respect of the rights of the local and indigenous population, as well as cultural and nature protection education of tourists. The declaration of 2002 as the International year of ecotourism served as a stimulus for the intensification of joint efforts of governments, international and regional organizations, as well as nongovernmental organizations to promote sustainable development and environmental protection.
At the proposal of the International conference «Ecotourism and the Great silk road» organized on February 17, 1998 by the International fund «ECOSAN», Friedrich Ebert fund (Germany) and the National company «Uzbektourism» and in the light of the decisions of the Quebec World summit on ecotourism the International center of ecological tourism «ECOSAN-TOUR» was founded on June 7, 2002.
Its purpose is the development of ecological and health improvement tourism, strengthening of interethnic cultural links, providing services to the population of the region of Central Asia, as well as foreign countries on the basis of specially developed routes to the sites of natural monuments, ethno-cultural traditions and mountainous and valley landscapes and ecosystems.
Eco-tours across Uzbekistan and entire Central Asia:
– Visits to natural, cultural, historical and other sights.
– Mass visits of big groups of people, separate groups and individuals to special zones of ecological study.
– Participation in public activities aimed at the support of environmental protection.
– Watching and communication with nature.
– The possibility to get to the pristine zones of nature intact by civilization.
– Accommodation and feeding of tourists in private house in the rural area, studying the ethno-culture of peoples of Central Asia, the life conditions in the countryside and technology of agricultural production.
The «ECOSAN-TOUR» offers:
1. Ecotourism to the forest areas of Uzbekistan
– Priaral- Caspian forest growing area
– Juniper forests
– Riparian woodlands
2. Ecotourism to the mountainous areas of Uzbekistan
– Chimgan
– Charvak
– Nuratau
– Gissar mountain range
– Turkestan mountain range
– Pamir-Alai mountain system
3. Ecotourism to the wildlife areas
– Nuratinskiy
– Zaaminskiy
– Surhanskiy
– Badai-Tugaiskiy
– Zaravshanskiy
– Kyzylkumskiy
– Gissarskiy
– Kitabskiy
– Chatkalskiy
– the possibility to visit riparian and inundated, forest, sand and riparian, mountainous and riparian, mountainous and juniper and geological reserves of Uzbekistan;
– studying a diversity of the animal world of the reserves — rare species of animals, birds, exotic plants and unique natural landscapes;
– watching the extinct species of animals, birds, plants included into the Red book;
– studying the exotic nature of Uzbekistan, its striking contrasts, rich landscape layouts, as well as the diversity of the animal and vegetable world;
– the possibility to see the Arnasay Lake, the Sanzar river and its tributaries, such big rovers of Uzbekistan as the Ugam and Chirchik rivers, visits to the Amudarya delta and the desiccated bed of the Aral Sea.
Of the greatest interest to the tourists is the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Its central part is situated in the delta of the Amudarya river. Adjacent to it the Kyzylkum desert in the east, the Ustyurt plateau in the west and the remains of the Aral Sea in the north create an original landscape.
The address of the «ECOSAN-TOUR»:
6, 1-st passage of Amir Temur Str.
Tashkent 700000
Republic of Uzbekistan
(4-th floor of the «Tashgorpasstrans» building)
Tel.: (+998 71) 132-1890
Fax: (+ 998 71) 134-9551, 134-2488
e-mail: ecosan-tour@mail.ru
e-mail: www.ecosan-tour.sk.uz
