It is expected that this year the festival, which will last until June 23, will be visited by more than 6 million participants, including over 200 thousand foreign guests.

Last year, Namangan received about 4 million tourists from more than 50 countries in a month, noted the Namangan regional governor Shavkatjon Abdurazakov, speaking at the official opening of the festival. According to him, 100 thousand foreign tourists from near and far abroad visited it.

The first day of the festival began with a traditional car parade. More than 200 cars of different models, decorated with fresh flowers, drive more than 10 kilometers along the main streets of the regional center from Namangan International Airport to the Park of Culture and Recreation named after Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur.

This year the festival welcomed guests from more than 40 countries. These include representatives of the diplomatic corps, officials of the regions and sister cities of Namangan, as well as foreign heads of joint ventures.

In addition, representatives of Azerbaijan, India, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Turkey and Japan take part in the celebration of beauty and sophistication.

The festival reaffirms the status of our country as a center of floral art. Hundreds of participants from all over the world came to show their unique compositions and enjoy the beauty, richness and diversity of the nature of Uzbekistan.