From March 16 to March 19, the 18th international exhibition Travel and Tourism, MITT 2011, will be held at the Moscow Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya. This is a bright event in the tourism sector, which has become the most important and most representative industry forum for travel professionals in Russia and Eastern Europe, annually It gathers more than 1750 leading companies and national tourism tourism offices representing 157 tourism destinations. MITT is one of the five largest tourism exhibitions in the world, and is rightfully recognized by the international tourism community. MITT is traditionally held at the Expocenter on Krasnaya Presnya - at a prestigious exhibition venue in the center of the Russian capital. The exhibition for four days becomes a living epicenter of negotiations, meetings, exchanges of views and suggestions, participation in which becomes a prerequisite for success in the upcoming tourist season. During the 4 days of its work, the MITT exhibition traditionally hosts an extensive business program consisting of conferences on topical issues of the tourism business, seminars and consultations, presentations of new directions and services, etc.
According to the audit, the MITT 2010 exhibition was visited by 46300 people from more than 1300 cities of Russia, as well as from Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan from 85 other countries of the world, including the UAE. The total number of visits over the 4 days of last year's exhibition was 79,850 people.
The main difference of the MITT exhibition is that it serves as a proven platform for business communication, especially for travel industry professionals (the share of professional visitors is 71%). Thanks to MITT, mid-March has traditionally become a special period for the tourism industry in Russia and the CIS countries. It is here that all market players announce everything new and the most interesting that was developed in anticipation of the upcoming tourist season: new programs, new prices, new destinations. Opening sales at the exhibition, professionals say: "Summer begins in March - it begins at MITT." The permanent organizer of the MITT exhibition is the leader of the exhibition business - ITE.
