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DTCM Takes Part in Moscow Travel Exhibition

DUBAI - The 16th edition of the Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) exhibition opened recently at the Expocentre — one of the largest exhibition complexes in Russia with Dubai as the Partner Destination for the four-day show.

Dubai, an established business and leisure destination for Russians over the past decade, is set to be under the spotlight with an estimated 100,000 buyers from across Russia expected to visit the trade fair.

The MITT-2009 is being attended by over 3,000 exhibitors from 118 countries and regions.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony in the presence of Omer Saif Ghobash, UAE ambassador to Russia, Eyad Ali Abdul Rahman, DTCM Executive Director of Media Relations and Acting Director of Business Development, said Dubai’s strong participation in this exhibition reflects the importance DTCM and its industry partners attach to the Russian market. DTCM has been operating a representative office in Moscow since the past 13 years, covering the Russian, CIS and Baltics.

“As one of largest travel industry event in the world, MITT is an ideal platform to reach out to the world. Dubai Stand is showcasing the best tourism products offering and holiday packages for the industry and potential visitors,” said Eyad, who headed the Dubai delegation.

The delegation included Abdullah bin Suwaidan, DTCM Deputy Director of Overseas Promotions, and Talal Al Suwaidi, DTCM Head of India, Middle East and North Africa Section at Overseas Promotions.

This year, Dubai Stand size is 450 square metres, 55 per cent bigger than the previous year. The 450 square metres double-decker stand features 52 co-participants from Dubai’s tourism industry at the MITT, which is among the top five tourism industry exhibitions in the world. He said: “Dubai hotels posted high record revenues of over Dh15.25 billion ($4.1 billion) and 15.9 per cent increase in number of rooms in 2008. This is fairly good as the global tourism industry is facing one of the most economically-challenging times.” — Staff Report

“Dubai hotels played host to an estimated 487,000 visitors from Russia/CIS/Baltics in 2008 which is 15 per cent more compared to 2007 with 473,037 visitors. This shows the solid standing of the emirate’s expanding tourism industry. The interest of Russian travel trade and tourists in Dubai remains strong and highly motivating.”

Dubai is launching on March 19 a three-month familiarisation tours programme targeting 1700 tour operators and MICE agents and 300 Media representatives.

This programme is being done by DTCM in cooperation with Emirates Airlines and Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Administration and other key players of tourism industry.