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Looking west over the city walls of Khiva, it's easy to imagine a guardsman watching out for exhausted traders making their way across the dusty Karakum desert towards the ancient city ...

UZBEKISTAN – “Wait until we get to Khiva,” my Uzbek friend Otabek Saidov whispers whenever I gush over the country’s beautiful sights, as he takes my sister and me on a tour of the country.

The small historic city of Khiva, surrounded by mud fortifications, cannot expand outwards – but mud-and-straw residences in the historic centre are being knocked down and replaced by modern hotels.

KHIVA (Uzbekistan): A holistic approach that prioritises sustainability, resilience and equity is needed to capture the growing and significant Muslim tourism market, says Datuk Roslan Abdul Rahman.