13:26, 14 April 2009 | GMT +5
Almaty to host KITF 2009 exhibition
ASTANA. April 14. KAZINFORM IX Kazakhstan International Fair-Exhibition ?Tourism and Travelling? will kick off in Almaty on April 23-25, Kazinform refers to the organizers of the event – ITECA Exhibition Company and the Ministry of Tourism and Sport.

Kazakhstan has been a member of the World Tourism Organization since 1993. Governments of many countries find Kazakhstan as a perspective partner having huge tourist potential and the number of bilateral and multilateral agreements on cooperation in this sphere grows year by year. Participation of Kazakhstan in transcontinental route ?Silk Way? being realized under the UNWTO aegis in cooperation with the UNESCO opens new opportunities for the development of international and domestic tourism.
KITF is an annual international event in Kazakhstani and Central Asian tourism sphere. According to the participants and guests the KITF is a good platform for promotion of the national tourist product. The oncoming fair is expected to bring together over 20 000 visitors from the whole CA region.
The KITF-2009 program includes seminars, conferences of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism regarding development of the sector and training the personnel and organization of air carriage.