Baku hosts traditional Azerbaijan International Travel and Tourism Fair

Baku. 5 April. REPORT.AZ/ The 17th Azerbaijan International Travel and Tourism Fair, AITF 2018 has today started.

Report informs, the exhibition organised by Iteca Caspian will continue until April 7 at Baku Expo Centre and will bring together representatives of tourism market, government agencies, and national and regional tourism organisations under its roof. This major specialized event of tourist industry of the entire Caspian region will again turn into a platform for important meetings, partnership agreements and announcement of new programmes and destinations.

AITF 2018 is held with the strong support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The exhibition is also supported by its permanent participant; Azerbaijan Tourism Association (AzTA). AITF has always enjoyed the support from international organisations, such as the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Asia-Pacific Tourist Association (PATA).

This year’s exhibition will present various tourist destinations, airlines, hotel chains and other tourism services. Among participants there are companies from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, the Czech Republic and many other countries. The exhibition will also widely present Medical and Health Tourism sector where participants will demonstrate a number of services for combining holidays abroad with highly qualified medical services. Traditionally, national and regional stands will be a part of the exhibition. The country-partner of AITF 2018 is Bulgaria which annually takes part in the exhibition with its national stand.