From 25 until 27 April 2002 the 2nd Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair – Tourism and Travel, KITF 2002 will be held on the territory of the Atakent exhibition centre. Official support and organisation of the project is provided by the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with an international exhibition company ITE Group Plc (Great Britain) and its partner, a Kazakhstan company Iteca.
The KITF 2002 exhibition presents the following sections: Active and Adventure Recreation, Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Cruises, Educational Tourism, Organisation of Business and Intensive Tours, Organisation and Conducting of Conferences, National Travel Organisations, Medical Treatment Tours in Health Centres / Health Tourism, Ecological Tourism and others.
Overall, about 60 companies from 17 countries participate in the exhibition. As compared to 2001, the number of exhibitors has increased by 30%. The exposition area has increased by 50%. At the exhibition the organisers expect 8 000 interested visitors from the bordering states and regions of Kazakhstan. Within the KITF 2002 framework, company presentations and a Round table by the Tourism and Sports Agency of RK are held. It is expected that participants of the Media Forum – participants of an informational tour through Kazakhstan led by a representative of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) – will visit KITF 2002.
The following participate in the KITF 2002 project: Company General Travel (Russia), Golden Ring Tourism (United Arab Emirates), Discover France (France), CTS Consul Travel Service (Turkey), VV Bohemia Service (Czech Republic), Thompson’s South Africa (South African Republic), Iscra Moscow (Italy), Agence Paris Alpes (France), Golden Route Africa (South African Republic), UTA (Malta), Royal Park Tourism – Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Evraziya-Tur (Crimea), Euro-Express/Euro Seminar (Germany), Together in S.E. Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia), Bristol Tour s.r.o. (Czech Republic), Tourism Authority of Thailand (Thailand), Tourism Authority of Turkey (Turkey), and others.
The exhibition is organised by Iteca together with the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Iteca is an exclusive partner of ITE Group PLC, an international trade and exhibition company, in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. ITE Group Plc (London) annually organises and conducts over 325 exhibitions and seminars in 25 countries, serving approximately 50.000 corporate clients. The company is the world`s exhibition business leader on the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. ITE Group Plc is the organiser of tourism exhibitions in Russia (MITT), Turkey (EMITT), Czech Republic (Holiday World), Uzbekistan (TITF), Ukraine (UITT), etc.
Today`s travel industry is one of the largest, highly profitable and dynamically developing sectors of the world economy. About 10% of the world`s gross product, up to 30% of service trade and approximately 7% of world investments fall to the share of tourism. In terms of profitability this sector has the 3rd place, after the gold-mining and oil-producing industries.
The following facts demonstrate the development of tourism as an economy sector in Kazakhstan. According to the Statistics Agency data, in January-September 2001 the share of internal tourism amounted to 73.7%, outgoing tourism to 24.4% and incoming to 1.9%. The number of tourism organisations increased by 1.2 times as compared to 2000, amounting to 759 enterprises.
Over 93% of all organisations on Kazakhstan`s travel market are small-scale enterprises, the activity proceeds of which amounted to 862.7 million tenge and $918 800 (84.9% of the overall profit received by Kazakhstan from travel organisations` activity). Medium-scale travel organisations constitute just 6.3% of all travel enterprises. To their share falls 19.6% of the tourism flow and 14.1% of the proceeds (154.4 million tenge and $80 100). The activities of major travel organisations are primarily focused at offering visa, excursion and other services, encompassing 42.1% of the tourist flow. The proceeds from their activity amount to 11.3 million tenge.
According to the purpose of visit the tourists coming into the republic have been categorised as follows: 49.1% arrived for business purposes, there were 48.2% of those wanting to improve their health and take a vacation, 1.1% came with the purpose of visiting their friends and relatives, 1.1% arrived for other purposes, and 0.5% of those arriving did so for religious and pilgrimage purposes.
During 9 months of the year 2001 the number of Kazakhstani tourists visiting non-CIS countries decreased by 1.7 times as compared to the same period in 2000 and by 2.9 times as compared to the corresponding period in 1999. The countries most visited by our tourists are still Turkey (31.7%), Germany (27.6%), China (16.1%) and the United Arab Emirates (8.9%). The remaining countries take up an insignificant percentage in the overall picture of travel tours.
The exhibition`s organisers, the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the British exhibition company ITE Group PLC and its partner, Iteca, a Kazakhstan company are confident that joint efforts of the organisers, state structures, participants and visitors of the 2nd Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair – Tourism and Travel, KITF 2002 will result in new business contacts, promising meetings and will convince Kazakhstanis and foreign guests that Kazakhstan`s travel industry can bring real social and economic benefits to the country….
From 25 until 27 April 2002 the 2nd Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair – Tourism and Travel, KITF 2002 will be held on the territory of the Atakent exhibition centre. Official support and organisation of the project is provided by the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with an international exhibition company ITE Group Plc (Great Britain) and its partner, a Kazakhstan company Iteca.
The KITF 2002 exhibition presents the following sections: Active and Adventure Recreation, Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Cruises, Educational Tourism, Organisation of Business and Intensive Tours, Organisation and Conducting of Conferences, National Travel Organisations, Medical Treatment Tours in Health Centres / Health Tourism, Ecological Tourism and others.
Overall, about 60 companies from 17 countries participate in the exhibition. As compared to 2001, the number of exhibitors has increased by 30%. The exposition area has increased by 50%. At the exhibition the organisers expect 8 000 interested visitors from the bordering states and regions of Kazakhstan. Within the KITF 2002 framework, company presentations and a Round table by the Tourism and Sports Agency of RK are held. It is expected that participants of the Media Forum – participants of an informational tour through Kazakhstan led by a representative of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) – will visit KITF 2002.
The following participate in the KITF 2002 project: Company General Travel (Russia), Golden Ring Tourism (United Arab Emirates), Discover France (France), CTS Consul Travel Service (Turkey), VV Bohemia Service (Czech Republic), Thompson’s South Africa (South African Republic), Iscra Moscow (Italy), Agence Paris Alpes (France), Golden Route Africa (South African Republic), UTA (Malta), Royal Park Tourism – Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Evraziya-Tur (Crimea), Euro-Express/Euro Seminar (Germany), Together in S.E. Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia), Bristol Tour s.r.o. (Czech Republic), Tourism Authority of Thailand (Thailand), Tourism Authority of Turkey (Turkey), and others.
The exhibition is organised by Iteca together with the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Iteca is an exclusive partner of ITE Group PLC, an international trade and exhibition company, in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. ITE Group Plc (London) annually organises and conducts over 325 exhibitions and seminars in 25 countries, serving approximately 50.000 corporate clients. The company is the world`s exhibition business leader on the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. ITE Group Plc is the organiser of tourism exhibitions in Russia (MITT), Turkey (EMITT), Czech Republic (Holiday World), Uzbekistan (TITF), Ukraine (UITT), etc.
Today`s travel industry is one of the largest, highly profitable and dynamically developing sectors of the world economy. About 10% of the world`s gross product, up to 30% of service trade and approximately 7% of world investments fall to the share of tourism. In terms of profitability this sector has the 3rd place, after the gold-mining and oil-producing industries.
The following facts demonstrate the development of tourism as an economy sector in Kazakhstan. According to the Statistics Agency data, in January-September 2001 the share of internal tourism amounted to 73.7%, outgoing tourism to 24.4% and incoming to 1.9%. The number of tourism organisations increased by 1.2 times as compared to 2000, amounting to 759 enterprises.
Over 93% of all organisations on Kazakhstan`s travel market are small-scale enterprises, the activity proceeds of which amounted to 862.7 million tenge and $918 800 (84.9% of the overall profit received by Kazakhstan from travel organisations` activity). Medium-scale travel organisations constitute just 6.3% of all travel enterprises. To their share falls 19.6% of the tourism flow and 14.1% of the proceeds (154.4 million tenge and $80 100). The activities of major travel organisations are primarily focused at offering visa, excursion and other services, encompassing 42.1% of the tourist flow. The proceeds from their activity amount to 11.3 million tenge.
According to the purpose of visit the tourists coming into the republic have been categorised as follows: 49.1% arrived for business purposes, there were 48.2% of those wanting to improve their health and take a vacation, 1.1% came with the purpose of visiting their friends and relatives, 1.1% arrived for other purposes, and 0.5% of those arriving did so for religious and pilgrimage purposes.
During 9 months of the year 2001 the number of Kazakhstani tourists visiting non-CIS countries decreased by 1.7 times as compared to the same period in 2000 and by 2.9 times as compared to the corresponding period in 1999. The countries most visited by our tourists are still Turkey (31.7%), Germany (27.6%), China (16.1%) and the United Arab Emirates (8.9%). The remaining countries take up an insignificant percentage in the overall picture of travel tours.
The exhibition`s organisers, the Tourism and Sports Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the British exhibition company ITE Group PLC and its partner, Iteca, a Kazakhstan company are confident that joint efforts of the organisers, state structures, participants and visitors of the 2nd Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair – Tourism and Travel, KITF 2002 will result in new business contacts, promising meetings and will convince Kazakhstanis and foreign guests that Kazakhstan`s travel industry can bring real social and economic benefits to the country.
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