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Travel Expert · Chinese Market
Travel Expert · Chinese Market
In tourism since 2023
Chinese market
Uzbek, Russian, Chinese B2, English B2
Tourism, Silk Road University
About
I grew up in Samarkand — a city where caravans arrived for centuries. I started learning Chinese at university: first out of interest in the Silk Road, then because I wanted to tell guests about my country myself, not through an interpreter. I entered tourism in 2023. Now I put together trips for guests from China so that Uzbekistan is a living country, not a list of monuments.
Travel expert. Chinese market. Trained in tourism at the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Samarkand.
With Chinese guests I am usually on WeChat: that is simpler and more familiar. First I find out how many days they have, whether they are traveling as a family or a group, what they must see and what pace feels comfortable. Many arrive with a very tight plan — my job is to make the route logical, not just to fit in as many stops as possible.
I want a guest to see more than the Registan. For me Samarkand is the smell of the tandoor in the morning, a conversation in the mahalla and an evening when the day groups have left the square. I carry the same idea to Khiva, Bukhara and less obvious places: the country opens up when the program still has room to breathe.
What I do
I handle individual and group programs across Uzbekistan and combined Silk Road itineraries. The work includes the classic Tashkent — Samarkand — Bukhara — Khiva route, family trips, photo tours of architectural ensembles, and itineraries that continue into Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The full cycle of preparing a trip is mine as well: the program, the quote, hotels and services, Afrosiyob tickets, Chinese-speaking guides, the airport meeting and support through the last day of the tour.
Individual and group travel: the classic Silk Road, family programs and combined itineraries across the region.
Program, quote, hotels, Afrosiyob, Chinese-speaking guides and the airport meeting — from planning to the end of the tour.
Not a ready-made template: how many days, who is traveling, what pace, which stops are essential and what food feels familiar.
During the trip I stay on WeChat: directions, translation help, a rebooking, or calmly changing the plan for the day.
Experience
My education is in tourism — I studied at the Silk Road International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Samarkand. I speak Uzbek and Russian fluently, Chinese at B2 (HSK 5) and English at B2. At TourLink I work primarily with the Chinese market. When I plan, I pay close attention to the pace of the day: between cities I prefer the train to an unnecessary night transfer; I look at a hotel by how close it is to the historic centre; for meals I always keep both local food and options the guest already understands.
Tourism
Silk Road University, Samarkand
Working languages
Uzbek, Russian; Chinese — B2 (HSK 5); English — B2
Main market
China
I check whether the guest will make the Afrosiyob, whether a key stop lands at an awkward hour, and where it is more comfortable to stay in the historic centre. If the request is seven cities in eight days, I say so plainly and suggest what is better to drop.
Principle
If a route is too tight or a hotel does not match expectations, I would rather say so in advance. A beautiful program on paper is worth nothing if the guest comes home exhausted.
One of my main principles is honesty about pace and promises. I do not recommend dubious services and try to work with reliable partners. For me a good trip is one that went calmly, with good food and without a pointless rush.
A good trip is one after which a person recommends Uzbekistan to friends not out of politeness, but because it really felt calm, interesting and warmly human.
Tips
For me Uzbekistan does not end with the three great cities. For those ready to step a little beyond the classics, I suggest Khiva in the evening, when Ichan-Kala grows quiet; Shakhrisabz — the city tied to the story of Amir Temur; Nukus and the Savitsky collection — a completely different conversation about the twentieth century; and a night in a yurt near Nurata, in the Kyzylkum. Besides plov, I recommend morning Samarkand non straight from the tandoor.
Khiva: when the day groups leave, the fortress grows quiet and the city feels different.
The hometown of Amir Temur and the Ak-Saray palace — a strong addition to the classic Samarkand route.
Nukus: an unexpected twentieth-century Uzbekistan — for those who want to see the country more broadly than Silk Road architecture.
A night in the Kyzylkum near Nurata — and in the morning in Samarkand, bread still hot from the tandoor.
After the trip
What I like most is a WeChat message after they get back: «Everything was as you said». That means the pace matched, the hotels held up — and all that remained was to look, taste and take photographs.
It is often the small things that shape the overall impression: warning about a transfer in time, helping with a translation in a restaurant, or calmly rebuilding the day if plans change.
Enquiry
Write to us — we will put together a program around your wishes, budget and route through Uzbekistan and Central Asia.