The leading travel exhibition in Russia MITT is the largest travel and tourism exhibition in Russia for international companies to promote themselves to the Russian outbound travel and tourism market. For the past 19 years, MITT has become the most well established event in the industry and is one of the top 5 travel exhibitions in the world. The first three days of the exhibition are trade days to ensure a business to business environment, and the fourth day is open to the general public. Key Information: * VENUE: EXHIBITION SPACE: EXHIBITING COMPANIES: Expocentre, Moscow, Russia 56,688 sqm (gross) 8 exhibition halls * Over 3,000 **companies from 197 countries & regions 7,035 company representatives VISITORS: 82,933 visitors (4% increase from 2011) 74% professional visitors iit MEDIA: * Audited by UFI in 2012 **including 1200 sub exhibitors * 389 journalists, 85 publications (including international) 7 information agencies
Travel the world in 4 days Asia Exhibitors included: Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Macau, Maldives, Nepal, Singapore, SiL Sri Lanka, Ti Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam Thailand Malaysia India We are seeing a steady increase in Russian tourists, t in We have exhibited since 2004. There were so many people on Russia is a growing market for India, the visitor iit numbers are 2011 we had more than 1 the 2 nd day, we were busy all increasing and we are here to million visitors. We have been day. The number of Russians expand our business. Russians coming to MITT for 18 years.. arriving has increased by 20% spend quite a lot of money and from 2010 to 2011. look for luxurious hotels. We will return next year and we hope to expand our stand. Konstantin Kinel, Marketing Daria Aldoshkina, Marketing Manager, Tourism Authority of Manager, Russia/CIS, Tourism Dr Ratikanta Pattanyak, Thailand, Moscow office Malaysia Assistant Director, India Tourism
Europe Exhibitors included: Austria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, i Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom. Montenegro The Russian market has been one of three most important markets for us. The growth of this market means that for next few years, Russia will be the most important. Sasa Radovic, Managing Director, National Tourism Organisation of Montenegro United Kingdom We are growing our presence in the Russian Outbound market, and this is one of our main markets. The majority of our Russian clients are very high end customers. The show has been exceptional. Andy Beard, Managing Director, Greatdays Travel Group Bulgaria The purpose of exhibiting is that Russia is one of our most important markets. We have 41 companies with us on our stand. The show has been very successful and we are very happy with the show. Anelia Genova, Marketing Director, Ministry of Tourism
Americas/Caribbean Exhibitors included: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guam, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States of America and Venezuela In 2012 Dominican Republic was the Partner Country, and held lively and interactive features on their stand to promote their destination. Caribbean dancing, cigar rolling, cocktails and seminars on the country gave the Russian visitors iit a taste t of Dominican i Republic. Alexandra Streltsova, Deputy Director, Ministry of Tourism, Dominican Republic It has been a great opportunity to be Partner Country.We are very happy to have this great booth with 14 participating companies who are delighted with the number of people they have met. We feel it has been a great success at MITT and we are proud to be here together with our delegation from the Ministry Patricia Samuels, Tourism and Culture, Embassy of Jamaica, This is our first time as an exhibitor. We are making an effort to grow tourism from Russia by attending. We are here to meet tour operators; we have met most of them and had constant visitors to our stand. We are planning to return next year.
MENA Exhibitors included: Israel, Jordan, Dubai, Sharjah, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Iraq Israel We have many activities on our stand, we have a band and doing facials. In 2011 we have had more than ½ million tourists to Israel, and in 2009 the visa was cancelled from Russia. We have been coming to MITT for 17 years. Sara Salansky, Marketing Administration Director, Israel Ministry of Tourism Sharjah We have our own airline that now flies directly from Moscow to Sharjah which has boosted the numbers of tourists. Russians are attracted with the culture and relaxation of our country. I have been at every MITT since it started. Kim Waddoup, Representative in Russia, Government of Sharjah Africa Exhibitors included: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Seychelles and Tanzania Australasia: Exhibitors included: Australia, Guam, Fiji and Palau Islands
The biggest Russian tour operators exhibited at MITT 2012 TUI (VKO, MosTravel) Alean Solvex Labirint Anex Tour BSI Tour Karlson Tourism Atlantis Line Breeze Line Natalie Tours Pegas Yuzhniy Krest Intourist Danko Russkiy Express ICS Travel Pac Group Ascent Travel Biblio Globus Mouzenidis Travel Delfin Gartour Travco Vand 15,000 18,000 travel agencies operate in Russia today, 1,974 tour operators in outbound tourism. Source: RST Russian Union of travel industry www.rostourunion.ru/ Russians have made 43,725,777 trips abroad in 2011, which is 11% increase compared to 2010 Source The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism www.russiatourism.ru
Visitor Profile MITT 2012 attracted 82,933 visitors over 4 days from 479 Russian cities and 95 countries. 74% were professional visitors. Visiting companies Travel agency 58.6% Tour operator 26.0% Other 9.4% Hotel / Resort / Sanatorium 8.2% Booking systems 3.7% Transportation service/car hire 3.4% Corporate guest 2.9% Airline / Airport 1.4% Insurance company 1.1% State tourism administration 0.9% Professional tourism association 0.9% Job position of professional visitors Owner / CEO 27.8% Top management 12.0% Head of department/division 13.1% Manager/specialist 44.8% Pi Private individual id 28% 2.8%
MITT Awards MITT 2012 Awards Ceremony took place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and is the ideal opportunity for exhibitors to network and relax after a busy day. The winners of the MITT 2012 awards were: Best Stand: Best newcomer: Best stand display: Best country presentation: Mexico Tourism Board Palau Tourism Authority Catalonia Tourist Board Maldives Tourism Board
MITT business programme MITT is more than an exhibition, a comprehensive and educational business programme takes place alongside the show, for visitors and exhibitors to attend. The programme included: The Moscow Tourism Business Summit The 1 st Sea cruises conference Seminars, consultations, and company presentations The 3rd Moscow Medical & Health Tourism Congress MITT also has a dedicated sector of the exhibition to medical tourism. Medical tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Russian travel industry, as the ever more health conscious population seeks more advanced technology, better healthcare or faster medical services abroad. 48 participants from 17 countries showcased hotels, clinics and rehabilitation centres to present their destination and services at MITT in 2012.
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Official Support MITT is an excellent information platform that enables the world's leading experts to share experiences, discuss current issues of tourism, providing new directions and establishing priorities for the development of the tourism industry." V. Mutko Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy The Council of The Government of The Russian Union The State Duma the Moscow of Tourism Industry Federation
MITT Organisers The ITE Group MITT is organised by ITE Group Plc. The company was established in the early 90s when the founders of ITE launched a series of trade events in the new market economies of Russia and the CIS. Today, the group organises around 1000 trade exhibitions and conferences each year in 14 countries and employs oer1000 over staff in 27 offices worldwide. The travel division ision organise annual events in Moscow, Kyiv, Almaty, Istanbul, Astana,Baku and Novosibirsk. LONDON Tel: +44 207 596 5083/5043 Email: travel@ite exhibitions.com www.ite exhibitions.com МОSCOW Tel.:+7 495 935 8137/8126 Email: travel@ite expo.ru HAMBURG Tel: +49 40 235 240 Email: info@gima.de ISTANBUL Tel: +90 212 291 8310 Email: info@ite turkey.comturkey BEIJING Tel: +86 10 596 04 330 807 Email: info@ite china.com.cn POLAND Tel: +48 61 662 7242 Email: imacczak@ite poland.com com SOUTH EAST ASIA Tel: +603 2333 8956 Email: Shakhnoza.Nizamova@ite ap.com LATIN AMERICA Tel: +54 11 4555 0195 Email: info@ferias2.com BAHRAIN, QATAR, OMAN, KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN AND IRAN: Tel: +971 443 32973 Email: tourism@ite gulf.com www.travel exhibitions.com
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