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Questions for entrepreneurs and start up owners

1. 
   Why were you interested in this job role?
   
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   Do you plan to open branches of travel agencies abroad?
   
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   Were there any problems with the group of tourists?
   
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   What are some of the most important trends you see in the tourism industry right now?
   
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   5.What advices can you give for students of startups and entrepreneurs?
   
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   What kinds of tourism products or services would you like to see in future tour programs?
   
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   7.What are some of the challenges you've faced while starting and growing your business?
   
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   8.What strategies do you use for market your business and attract new customers?
   

Conclusion

Here has presented the methodology for collection of data for this study to answer the research questions and determine the need for Uzbek tour operators and specialists to improve their offerings by greater diversity of tourism products. Interview questions have been designed to obtain opinions of international visitors about their ideas and opinions about what kind of services and tour products should be offered.

CHAPTER 4

RESULTS

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents the results of data collected during individual and group interviews with representatives of travel agencies in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. During the interview, general or similar topics have been identified. Data analysis revealed patterns, relationships, and trends, as well as major and minor themes based on the analysis have been figured out.

Profile of respondents

Individual and group interviews were conducted with travel agencies in Samarkand (n=8). The survey involved 4 men and 4 women, the average age of which was 35 years. Most of them work, one of them is already retired. Most respondents were married, almost all have children. To comply with the principles of confidentiality, the real names of some respondents were changed and pseudonyms were used, as the respondents wanted to remain anonymous.
Name: Age: Gender: Country, city: Position held: Marital status: Number of children: Age:
Daler 35 M Uzb, Samarkand Manager Married 2 3, 6, 5
Komil 25 M Uzb, Samarkand Manager Single -
Durdona 20 F Uzb, Samarkand T-operator Single -
Nelli 36 F Uzb, Samarkand G-Manager Married 2 11, 7
Said 30 M Uzb, Samarkand Manager Married 3 2, 4
Zamira 39 F Uzb, Samarkand T-operator Married 3 5,8,9
Regina 37 F Uzb, Samarkand Manager Married 1 8,7
Slavik 58 M Uzb, Samarkand Retiered Married 2 23, 26
Table 1  Profile of the respondents
Source: Own elaborationis definitely a trend that's affecting the tourism industry as well.