12th Kazakhstan Fair Travel & Tourism “KITF 2012”
25th -27th April 2012
The 12th Kazakhstan International Tourism & Travel Fair “KITF-2012″ was held In Almaty on April 25-27, 2012 at the Atakent Exhibition Centre. KITF is the largest and most reputable travel industry event in Kazakhstan. Sri Lanka Embassy in Russia organized the “Sri Lanka Stand” where 09 tourism companies exhibited: Walkers Tours, Concord Exotic Voyages, Exotic Global Holidays, Nkar Travel, Aitken Spence Travels, Calista Travels, Lanka Holiday Destinations, Connaissance de Ceylon and Jetwing Travels/Hotels.
The stand opening ceremony was hold by the Ambassador. His Excellency delivered the speech and thanked co-exhibitors for their regular participation in the international travel and tourism fairs. A special honor was given to the stand of Sri Lanka – Deputy Minister of Tourism of Kazakhstan personally visited the stall and greeted the Ambassador and the exhibitors. H.E. Udayanga Weeratunga presented to the honored guest the new tourist catalogue on Sri Lanka.
The Embassy was awarded the Certificate of Gratitude for the active participation in the KITF-2012 Fair. Also the Sri Lankan Stand won the prize in the nomination “The Best Stand Design”. The prize and the diploma were solemnly presented by the organizers to the Embassy at the reception on occasion of opening the KITF-2012 held in Intercontinental Hotel, Almaty.
