Pilgrimage Tourism as an Important Factor and Means of Improving the International Image of Uzbekistan

The article analyzes the role of pilgrimage tourism in national tourism in the rise of the international imege of Uzbekistan, the policy of the state in the field of the development of pilgrimage tourism, the objects of pilgrimage tourism in Uzbekistan, the work carried out in them, the economic, socio-political, spiritual and ideological issues of improving the infrastructure of pilgrimage tourism. The legal bases of the development of pilgrimage tourism in Uzbekistan, its role and importance in the rise of the country’s international image are considered.