“MITT 2012″ Tourism & Travel Fair in Moscow
21st-24th March, 2012
19th International Travel & Tourism Fair “MITT 2012” was held on March 21-24, 2012 at the Expo Center in Moscow, Russia. Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow organized the “Sri Lanka Stand” with support of Sri Lanka Tourism promotion Bureau.
14 companies, namely: Tangerine Tours, Exotic Global Holidays, Pigeon Island Beach Resort, Ceylon Tours Ltd, Mount Lavinia Hotel/Club Bentota, Maldiviana Sri Lanka Ltd, Connaissance de Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd, Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt) Ltd, Concord Exotic Voyages, Jetwing Travels & Hotels, Delux Holidays, Walkers Tours, Nkar Travels and Uga Resort took part at the Sri Lanka stand.
H.E. the Ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga opened the Sri Lanka stand by lighting the traditional oil lamp along with other participants. Delivering the speech at the opening ceremony, Ambassador Weeratunga highlighted the positive tendency of tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka and requested the support of all participants to continue attracting tourists to the country in accordance with the government target; 2.5 million tourists by 2016.
Also the Ambassador presented the new Sri Lanka Catalog on Tourism prepared by him personally and with the appreciative help of Mr. Rummy Jauffer, Managing Director of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Ms. Anna Korolkova, Director General of SriLankan Airlines in Russia and Mr. Nuwan Ratayake, 2nd Secretary of the Embassy.
SriLankan Airlines also participated in the Sri Lanka stand. This airline started its regular flights from Moscow to Colombo on September, 17, 2011. Every month up to 1000 passengers travel with SriLankan Airlines. Ms. Anna Korolkova informed “MITT 2012” visitors that due to the noticeable growth of the tourists, the company is going to increase weekly number of flights (Moscow – Colombo) from 2 to 3-4 the nearest future.
Ambassador Weeratunga invited all Sri Lankan participants, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau officials and tour/travel operators in Russia to participate at the 12th Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair which will be held on April 25-27, 2012 in Almaty.
