Mega Tourism Caravan in Nizhny Novgorod Day 1
8-9 July 2013
On Monday, 8 July the “Mega Tourism Caravan” arrived at the fifth largest city of the Russian Federation. Nizhny Novgorod, is, with a population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia and the Administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of two most important rivers, Volga and Oka. The name literally means Lower Newtown to distinguish it from the older Velik Novgorod.
The first event of the day, «Workshop for travel and tour operators” was held in the Yalta Hall of the Marins Hotel. The workshop which was attended by approximately one hundred participants was the first, to be held in Nizhny. At the be-ginning of the workshop H.E. Udayanga Weeratunga very warmly welcomed all participants and conducted a very informative and educative presentation on Sri Lankan Tourism. During the presentation he covered salient points such as his-tory, climatic conditions, major tourist attractions, major cities, visa procedures and recent infrastructure developments in the spheres’ of socio – economic and tourism.
The «Mega Tourism Caravan” conducted its promotional activities in Nizhny Novgorod. The major event of the day was “Shopping Mall Activation” at the Mega Nizhniy Novgorod. MEGA is one the most frequently visited shopping mall in Nizhny Novgorod. The prime location of MEGA Nizhny Novgorod, the first super-regional shopping mall in the city makes it the major player among shopping malls in the region. MEGA houses the first OBI in Nizhny Novgorod, the only Auchan and an IKEA store. ZARA, Marks and Spencer, Adidas, Ann Chris-tine, Vero Moda and New Yorker have opened for the first time in Nizhny Novogord at MEGA.
