Post show report 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.