Published on : Thursday, January 17, 2019
According to the official statistic of Border Service, tourism between Europe and Russia increased during 2018 and, as per the predictions, the figures are set to grow throughout 2019.
From both regions, over 1 million outbound and inbound tourists were welcomed in 2018. OTDYKH is one of the world’s largest tourism markets having a potential of 20 million outbound Russian travellers each year.
Spanning across 15,000 m2 OTDYKH Leisure 2019 is set to open opportunities to all within the tourism industry as to gain access to invaluable networking events, 180 speakers of 30 business events, unique seminars, hands on industry specific workshops, presentations from countries across the globe and many conferences. There is great opportunity for media coverage for exhibitors with almost 300 media professionals in attendance at the event and over 80 media partners working closely with the event this coming year.
Exhibitors are invited to submit their interest before 1st of March 2019 as to avail of early bird offers for the exhibit and related events.
Anna Huber, OTDYKH International project director has stated: ‘’I am delighted to say that we are expecting more exhibitors from the long haul and exotic destinations such as Cuba, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, Egypt, Tunisia, India etc. in 2019. This year we plan stronger cooperation with ATOR (Association of Tour Operators of Russia), with its cooperation we will organise a serious of roundtable meetings between Russian large tour operators and international authorities.’’
OTDYKH Business Programme 2018 plays an important role in tourism development in Russia. The conferences were a fantastic success and the outcome resulted in a draft resolution for the Russian tourism industry including the signing of 15 governmental agreements. OTDYKH Leisure is a forum for signing intergovernmental and partnership agreements annually as to promote and benefit the Russian tourism industry.