In the first eight months of 2025, 5.2 million citizens of Uzbekistan traveled abroad, marking a 26.8% increase compared to the same period last year, as reported by the National Statistics Committee.
The top destinations for Uzbek travelers included Kyrgyzstan, visited by 2.3 million people, Kazakhstan with 956 thousand tourists, and Tajikistan with 887.9 thousand visitors. Russia and Turkey followed in fourth and fifth place, respectively. The rise in outbound travel is attributed to improved interstate relations, expanded transportation routes, and eased border crossing conditions in the region. Other popular destinations for Uzbekistan citizens included Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Vietnam, and China.
