Azerbaijan set to welcome the world

  14 February 2014    Read: 824
Azerbaijan set to welcome the world
Azerbaijan`s international travel and tourism exhibition (AITF) will soon welcome travel companies and associations from around the world.

In its 13th edition, the event will take place at the Baku Expocentre from the 03-05 April 2014.

National groups from Morocco, Hungary, Montenegro, Indonesia, Egypt, Malaysia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia, India and the Czech Republic will participate.

Newcomers to the event include the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, the Embassy of Argentina in Baku, Ethos Maldives, Splendid Asia, Gartour, Resort Life Maldives, TourAsia, Camelot, Wild Trek Safaris and Greatdays UK.

Also taking place in Baku 03-04 April 2014, is the World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) 57th Meeting of the Commission for Europe, and also the Seminar on Developing Effective Tourism Clusters.

AITF sales and event manager Jitka Massolini said: “Azerbaijan’s outbound tourism potential has been increasing year-on-year with annual departures exceeding 3.5 million. Not only is Azerbaijan the largest country in the Caucasus region, its GDP is expected to grow by 6.7 per cent in 2014. In 2013, the travel fair welcomed over 5,000 travel industry attendees and 250 exhibitors."

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