Azerbaijan, Baku, April 3 / Trend, I. Isabalayeva /
The Azerbaijan International Exhibition "Tourism and Travel" AITF 2013 will be held in Baku on April 4-6. It will be organized by "Iteca Caspian" and "İTE Group PLC", exhibition manager Khayal Aliyeva said at a press-conference at Trend news agency today.
She added that the exhibition involved 251 companies from 35 countries. Tour operators from Montenegro, Thailand, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco and Monaco attend the exhibition for the first time. Turkey, Georgia, the Czech Republic and the UAE are amongst the traditional guests.
The exhibition will present a wide range of tourist services during the three days. The main sections of the exhibition include airlines and air agencies, tour operators and travel agencies, hotels and resorts, etc. An innovation is the "Property abroad" department.
The "Rest in Azerbaijan" section includes the regions of the country because of their climatic conditions, natural resources and multinational culture. Thus, there are most famous resort areas, hotels and sanatoriums in the regions and cities of the country among the participants of the exhibition, she said.
She stressed that the exhibitors will conduct workshops, presentations and various raffles. Greek airline "Aegean Airlines" will present a Baku-Athens direct flight. This flight is planned to be opened on May 28. The Azerbaijani national airline "AZAL" will introduce a new air route to Bulgaria.
The seventh Caucasian International Exhibition "Everything for Restaurants, and Supermarkets" will be held in Baku on April 4-6. Some 30 companies will attend the exhibition, she said.