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On April 26th representatives of the Moscow Tourism Committee commented on the preparation process of the 6th MITF Exhibition that will be held from May 11th to May 14th in Moscow. The accent was made on the high importance of the event. Thus, the opening ceremony will be marked with the visit of Mayor of Moscow, Yuryi Luzhkov, the Heads of both Chambers of the Federal Assembly and an official delegation of Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of different countries.
The Head of the Moscow Tourism Committee, Grigoryi Antyufeev, pointed out that the exhibition is developing and in 2006 due to the increased number of MITF participants the exhibition will be held in to exhibition centers – Gostinyi Dvor and Manezh will welcome the 6th MITF. The total area of the exposition will be 24, 000 sq. meters – in 2005 it was 3867 sq. meters.
It will be the first time when the Hotel Industry Fair will be organized within MITF. Representatives of the Moscow Tourism Committee believe that this will clear up the situation with the hotel areas in Moscow as the full information about hotels in the course of building will be presented to travel market specialists.
Among the advantages of the exhibition, experts point out the active participation of regional travel companies and the convenient location of the exhibition.
Nevertheless, some travel market players think that MITF lacks advertising support. Thus, Natalia Chuvilkina, PR General Director Deputy commented: ‘the exhibition is aimed at end customers, therefore, it should be better promoted to them’.
