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President Aliyev and First Lady attend AITF-2014

4 April 2014 13:17 (UTC+04:00)
President Aliyev and First Lady attend AITF-2014

By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva visited the 13th Azerbaijan International Travel and Tourism Fair, AITF-2014, as well as the 8th Caucasus International Hospitality Fair HOREX Caucasus 2014.

The exhibitions run at Baku Exhibition Center.

Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfaz Garayev informed President Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva about the event. Garayev said the fair has brought together 351 companies from 38 countries from around the world.

He said more than 60 percent of participants are foreign, while nearly 40 percent are local companies, adding that some 24 national and regional groups from Argentina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Georgia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Croatia, India, Italy, China and other countries attend the exhibition.

President Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva viewed the pavilions of the exhibitions.

AITF provides an appropriate ground for interactions among participant companies. During the fair they can get familiar with the latest achievements of leading tour operators and hoteliers, join tourism communities, discover new countries and destinations and find out useful information by exchanging ideas and experiences.

Companies and leading clinics from Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Russia, Lithuania, Greece and Cyprus are present at the Real Estate and Medical Tourism sectors at the expo.

Among the new countries and national groups, who joined the exhibition this year are the National Tourist Board of the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Kenya, Sri Lanka, South Africa, the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China, the National Department of Tourism of the Republic of Mauritius, Zagreb's Department of Tourism (Croatia), and the Department of Tourism of Sochi (Krasnodar Region of Russia).

The National Tourism Administration of India, the National Tourism Organization of Greece, the National Tourism Department of Malaysia and a major tour operator from Italy (DMC) have rejoined AITF this year.

The exhibition will run until April 5.

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