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The fifteenth MADI Travel Market fair held 4-6 November in three conference halls at the Prague-Letnany fairgrounds and at the Olympik hotel, was richly structured and reflected the latest trends. Some 450 companies and 5,000 visitors visited the MADI Travel Mart in Prague, Czech Republic. The organizers organized fam-tours to Sychrow Castle; a romantic neo-Gothic castle, Liberec. Foreign buyers and media enjoyed visit to Museum of Glass and Jewellery at Jablonec nad Nisou. Glassworks Novosad, and also mini-brewery as well as another Museum of Glass visited at Harrachov. Many of the tour participants had chance to purchase world-famous Czech glass art from the glass shops.
At MADI, a variety of current travel trade issues were presented and discussed with groups of professionals gathering at seminars, discussions, press conferences and company presentations. The most attractive events were the satellite workshops:
– 8th Workshop of Tourism Products and Services of Slovakia
– 11th Workshop of Regions and Cities of the Czech Republic
– 3rd Workshop of Croatian and Czech companies offer tourist destination Croatia. Workshop is organized by Croatian National Tourist Board in Prague.
– 2nd Workshop offering the hotels of Danubius Hotels Chain.
– 6th Workshop offering products and services of spa treatments and wellness packages.
According to BMI, the estimate for growth in the number of foreign visitors to the Czech Republic in 2007 is favourable 4% year-on-year (y-o-y). This would represent a pick-up in growth compared with 2006.
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