INWETEX CIS 2008
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XVI
International Travel Trade Fair
INWETEX-CIS TRAVEL MARKET`2008
October 1 -3 2008, Saint-Petersburg
Post Show Report
On the 1-3 October 2008, the International Travel Trade Fair INWETEX-CIS
TRAVEL MARKET`2008 took place in Saint-Petersburg. This is one of the
largest events devoted to the tourism and resort sector in Russia, and
the key trade event in the North-West region of Russia.
Last year the exhibition greeted tourism industry professionals for the
16th time, offering specialists new perspectives and opportunities for
strengthening social, cultural, and international contacts. INWETEX CIS
Travel Market deservedly took its commendable place in the top five most
popular events in the Russian tourism industry and became the grand finale
in the exhibition series of the year.
Last year statistics:
Total show space (brutto) – 8100 sq/m
Visitors – 10000 (including trade visitors – 6000)
Exhibitors – 469 companies (349 – Russian, 120 – foreign)
from 39 countries.
The companies and national tourist offices from the following
countries traditionally presented at the Exhibition: Czech Republic, Greece,
Spain, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Germany, Egypt, India, Thailand, Norway,
Finland, England, Estonia and others. The national tourist offices from
Panama and Dominican Republic participated in the exhibition for the first
time. Such a large-scale event with great number of participants was held
under the support of Saint-Petersburg Government, Russian Union of Travel
Industry, National Tourism Association, Russian Federal Agency for Tourism
and Saint-Petersburg Tourism and excursion enterprises employers association
(ATEP).
The uniqueness of the INWETEX-CIS TRAVEL MARKET`2008 is proved not only
by the exposition versatility, but also by its business opportunities
– the Forum "Tourism and Resorts" 2008, Business Contacts
Exchange, Workshop, which allowed the exhibition participants create
complex products and offer comprehensive services able to satisfy the
most exacting needs of the specialists in the tourism industry.
To sum up the release we can say with confidence that the INWETEX CIS
Exhibition clearly demonstrated the attractiveness and huge potential
of the tourism resources of St.Petersburg and Russia in whole, positively
effecting the development of the international and inter-regional ties.
Dates for 2009
14-16 October 2009
Saint-Petersburg, Lenexpo Center
Welcome to the
"INWETEX – CIS TRAVEL MARKET"
INWETEX – NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Organizer: JSC "Saint-Petersburg Express"
Contact person Ksenia Semenova
+7 (812) 320 61 34
E-mail: semenova@restec.ru.
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