Ecotourism development in Karakalpakstan: challenges, new trends and prospects

This article discusses some theoretical and methodological issues of the development of ecological tourism in the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Presents the problems and ways to solve them, given the tourism potential assessment of Karakalpakstan, including analyze new ecotourism destinations in the region, the role of the Ustyurt plateau in the Republic of ecotourism development. In the process, information was obtained that in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, as in many regions of Uzbekistan, there is a very big tourist potential, not only for the development of a common tourism, but also a kind of ecotourism. Since spatial natural ecosystems Karakalpakstan with peculiar nature inherent only to her vegetable and the natural world, steppes, lake and watershed, coastal Amudarya reserve Badai Tukai, plains Ustyurt, Kyzylkum desert, mountains Sultan Uvaystag, hills Beltag, It differs from the other regions. The paper notes that the Ustyurt plateau being located on the Great Silk Road was a trade route of the ancient times of strategic importance, and was the only land route between the Caspian and Aral. Now it is the territory, linking the north-west gate of Uzbekistan to the east and west. Located on a plateau Ustyurt Avtomagistralnaya and railways that meet international standards, are the arteries of the economy of Uzbekistan. In our opinion, in the future, you can use the Ustyurt Plateau in Karakalpakstan as the object of ecotourism and for this there are all natural features. It is therefore necessary to develop and implement targeted programs in this direction. For these purposes, to attract tourists need not only the activity of local businessmen, but also effective advertising in national and local media and on the Internet.