National Company «UZBEKTOURISM»

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« TOURISM ALONG THE SILK ROAD»

The Tashkent International Tourism Fair

TITF - 2009

The 15-th Tashkent International Tourism Fair «Tourism along the Silk road» will take place on  the 21 -22 of October, 2009.

The Tashkent International Tourism Fair "TITF" – has been one of the largest exhibitions of the Central Asia since 1995. Professional tourist fair is aimed at the broad audience of professionals of Uzbek and foreign tourist business.

Being one of the main events in the tourist industry of the country, TITF plays a significant role in creation and maintenance of tourist image of Uzbekistan.

The country - partner of TITF -2009 is Malaysia.

TITF - is a fully recognized member of UNWTO, the autumn forum promotes expansion of business partnership and brings the big contribution to the further successful development of tourism industry in Uzbekistan.

TITF- is the exhibition which represents the laconic information on perspective directions of tourism, focused mainly on professional audience.

TITF - expands its geography. Every year interest of foreign travel agencies and the organizations to the Tashkent International Tourism Fair appreciably grows. The companies from Italy, France and Thailand will debut at this year’s exhibition.

TITF - represents an opportunity for domestic travel companies not only to conclude contracts, but also to raise a level of professionalism during dialogue and an exchange of experience.

The primary goal of Fair – is to provide participants and visitors with all necessary information on various kinds of holidays, on new itineraries. The exhibition sums up the end of tourist season, forms tendencies of development for the forthcoming year, and opens opportunities of the following season.

In 2008 more than 200 domestic and foreign companies took part in the Fair. Representatives of travel agencies from over 20 countries of the world have successfully spent exhibition days - concluded new contracts, offered their services.

This year participation in TITF-2009 was confirmed by representatives of more than 20 countries of the world of Spain, Greece, Czechia, Russia, Тurcmeni, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Cyprus, Ukraine, Egypt, Turkey, Arab Emirates, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Tadjikistan, Russia, India, Thailand, Italy, France and others.

The presentation of the foreign companies accompanied by national folklore groups became the tradition at the fair. Each presentation carried out during the Fair is unique and unforgettable. It brings the overall contribution to the general vision about richness and variety of cultural traditions.

Participants will act at decorative stands, visitors will have an opportunity for a wider knowledge of tourist potential of Uzbekistan and foreign countries.

This year’s TITF attracted a especial interest by Russian journalists. Representatives of large Russian publications will visit an exhibition to prepare special reports for the editorial.

At the opening ceremony diplomas «the Nomination of year» will be handed to the best companies according to end of tourist season results:

Dynamics of development TITF

The catalogue:

Advertising agency «Great Silk Road» annually issues the official information catalogue of the Fair with full information on participants of an exhibition.