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🇺🇿 Use CautionIs Uzbekistan Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Uzbekistan
Travel verdict: A rising Silk Road destination with improving tourism infrastructure. Cities like Samarkand are generally safe and welcoming to tourists. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Petty theft in bazaars and tourist areas in Samarkand and Bukhara
- Border areas with Afghanistan and Tajikistan are dangerous; avoid
- Avoid photographing government buildings, military, or police
Travel Verdict: A rising Silk Road destination with improving tourism infrastructure. Cities like Samarkand are generally safe and welcoming to tourists.
Avoid border areas with Afghanistan; stay on established tourist routes
Medical facilities improving but still limited; bring prescription drugs
Som currency; exchange at official points; cards limited outside Tashkent
Emergency: 102 (police), 103 (ambulance)
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