Azerbaijan to join EMITT 2013 exhibition

Baku, January 23 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan will be represented at the 17th East Mediterranean International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (EMITT) due to be held this week at the Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey. The exhibition is supported by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Department, TUROFED (Turkey Hoteliers Federation) and TYD (Tourism Investment Association), sponsored by the THY Corporation. It is organized by the EKIN- ITE Group. Azerbaijan`s delegation will include employees of the tourism department of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and representatives of tourism companies. Azerbaijan`s 70sq m-pavilion will feature presentation of the country`s tourism potential, including must-see-places, cultural and historical monuments, hotels and recreation facilities through English-language books, booklets and CDs. The East Mediterranean International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (EMITT) is considered to be the 5th largest tourism exhibition in the world. Last year the exhibition hosted 4,500 exhibitors from 62 countries and 128,000 visitors, of which 57,000 were travel and tourism professionals and 71,000 visitors. This year EMITT 2013 is expected to be even bigger and will open its doors daily. The first two days EMITT 2013 will be open only to travel and tourism professionals and the the last two days the exhibition will be open to the general public. Due to the high and increasing demand for space by EMITT, Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center recently constructed additional halls, all of which (11 halls) are in full use, 60,500 square meters. Besides the exhibition of travel and tourism professions, a plethora of activities are planned either at the exhibition stands by the exhibitors or at adjacent halls and near by venues, with presentations, press conferences, Cocktails, Theater Show, Gala Dinners and many more – like the tourism industry knows best.