Travel around the world in a day – this opportunity is offered this year by the largest tourism fair in the world held in Berlin from 5 to 9 March 2014, where Macedonia presented its tourist offer.
International Tourism Exchange ITB again this year is a forum for presentation of 180 countries and approximately 11,000 exhibitors in the field of tourism. Tour operators, agencies, hotels, airlines, booking systems offer their complete tourist offer. Macedonia traditionally presents its offers at this fair, organized by the Agency for Promotion and Support of Tourism (ALMP).
-ITB Tourism Fair is a fair where each country that pays attention to the development of tourism as an economic sector must be represented. The very participation of 180 countries fair offers a glimpse into the world tourist offer, a great opportunity to make contacts in one place that would otherwise be scattered across the world, to see new things and what has been done and still can be done. Macedonia’s attendance at such fairs is more than necessary because it is a good opportunity for a general presentation of the country. This year we have offered a beautiful and diverse postcard for our country at the largest tourism fair in the world, held from 5 to 9 March in Berlin, Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to Berlin, Kornelija Utevska Gligorovska said.
- ALMP had another successful and proper presentation of Macedonian tourism product and investment opportunities in tourism to the German tour operators of the most important tourism fair in Europe, ITB 2014. We met with Halina Strzyzewska, representative of FTI Touristik Gmbh that is selling travel packages to 80 countries, and is the fourth largest tour operator in Germany. There was a meeting with the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) Executive Director, Chris Doyle where further cooperation for regional action in the field of active tourism was agreed. The aim is to develop active tourism and to represent the joint tourist product between Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo. Meetings for future cooperation with Kontiki travel agency from Serbia, National Tourism Organization of Albania, Kosovo and many other notable professionals in the field of tourism were held. During the six-day promotion, the Macedonian stand was visited by many journalists, among them the successful and respected journalist in the field of tourism by Percy von Lipinski from CNN, the director of the Agency for promotion and Support of tourism, Kristijan Dzambazovski said.
