Moscow International Travel & Tourism (MITT) is the largest international exhibition in Russia, one of the five leading tourism exhibitions in the world, rightfully received wide recognition by the international tourism community. It is a significant event in the field of tourism business. The organizer of the exhibition is the ITE group of companies - the leader in the exhibition business in Russia and abroad. MITT is traditionally held at the Expocenter Central Exhibition Complex on Krasnaya Presnya, a prestigious exhibition venue in the center of the Russian capital with a total area of 150 thousand square meters. meters. The exhibition for four days becomes a living epicenter of negotiations, meetings, exchanges of opinions and suggestions, and participation in it is a prerequisite for success in the upcoming tourist season.
The main difference of MITT is that it serves as a proven platform for business communication, especially for travel industry professionals. It is here that the players of the tourism market announce all the newest and most interesting things that were created on the eve of the upcoming tourist season: new programs, new prices, new destinations. Opening sales at the exhibition, professionals say: "Summer begins in March at MITT."
A tourism exhibition in Moscow brings together representatives from 189 countries and regions of the world. Within its framework, meetings, forums, conferences are held. Leading market experts discuss current tourism issues, discover new directions and announce pricing policies. The exhibition area is 51 125 square meters. m exposure in eight exhibition halls and pavilions. Business events in nine conference rooms.
This year over 3 thousand companies from 189 countries and regions of the world will participate in the exhibition, 7218 employees will be present at the stands.
Last year, 79930 people from 479 cities of Russia and from 95 countries of the world visited the exhibition in four days, 73% of the visitors were professionals in the tourism business. The work of MITT was covered by 475 journalists, 54 editorial boards and nine news agencies.
Traditionally, the following sections are presented at the MITT exhibition: "Information Technologies in Tourism", "Hotels and Accommodation", "River Cruises", "Real Estate in Foreign Resorts", "Medical Tourism".
The exhibition MITT-2012 will occupy an area of more than 52 thousand square meters. meters and uses nine showrooms. Pavilion 1 - Russian multidisciplinary operators (inbound and outbound tourism); Ukraine Crimea; sections "River Cruises" and "Information Technology in Tourism". Pavilion 2 hall No. 1 - the countries of the Mediterranean, Pavilion 2 hall No. 2 - the countries of the Mediterranean, Europe and Scandinavia, Pavilion 2 hall No. 3 - the countries of the Mediterranean, Europe and the Baltic states, sections "Medical tourism" and "Real estate in foreign resorts".
Pavilion 8 hall No. 1 - Turkey, Pavilion 8 hall No. 2 - Russian multidisciplinary operators, Turkish hotels, Pavilion 8 hall No. 3 - Pavilion "Russia": Russian regions and resorts, section "Hotels and accommodation". Forum Pavilion - countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, islands. Open area - bus tour operators, car rental offices.
Within the framework of the exhibition, an extensive business program will be held throughout the four days of work, including conferences on topical issues of the tourism business, workshops, seminars and consultations, presentations of new tourist destinations and services. Moscow tourism exhibition "Travel and Tourism" annually announces the current theme of the year. At the upcoming MITT-2012 exhibition, the theme of the year will be sea cruises - one of the most dynamically developing segments of outbound and inbound tourism.
“In recent years, sea and ocean cruises have firmly taken their place among the most promising sectors of the world tourism business. According to experts in the field of tourism, this industry of the travel industry is constantly developing, and the demand for the services of operators involved in organizing cruises is growing from year to year." - said Sergey Gorsky, director of the ITE tour exhibition department, organizer of MITT.
The general partner of the theme of the year and the International Conference on Sea Cruises, which will be held as part of the MITT exhibition, is the tour operator Atlantis Line Sea Cruises (Atlantis Line Sea Cruises).
The conference will be attended by managers of leading world cruise lines and operator companies, heads of tourism management agencies, and representatives of the media. The conference will discuss topical issues of integrating domestic tourism into the world cruise market, the formation and development of the cruise market in Russia.
“The MITT exhibition is one of the main events of the year in the field of tourism, according to which all progressive operators and agents check the hours of the new tourist season. We decided to join forces with the MITT exhibition and our partners - cruise companies to popularize this high-quality, and that is very important, affordable tourism product, ”commented the decision to become the General Partner of the theme of the year and the International Conference on Sea Cruises Natalia Andronova, General Director of Atlantis Line.
Recall that the MITT-2012 exhibition will be held from March 21 to 24, 2012 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds on Krasnaya Presnya.
