MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – The 18th international tourism expo Leisure 2015 opens in Minsk in the national exhibition center BelExpo on 8 April, BelTA learned from its organizers.
The official opening ceremony of the exhibition will be attended by Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai who is visiting Belarus on 7-10 April.
Visitors to Leisure 2015 will be offered all kinds of business tours, cruises, children’s tours, educational tours, and guided tours. Those who will book a tour at the expo will get a discount. The expo Leisure 2015 will also showcase transportation services, insurance services, hospitality services, sports equipment, maps, tour guides, etc.
The list of participants already features over 200 companies from Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Israel, Turkey, the UK, Hungary, and Greece.
The program of the expo includes presentations of new tourist destinations, roundtables of the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry and the National Tourism Agency, and seminars to discuss some current issues of tourism industry.
The expo Leisure 2015 has been organized by the national exhibition center BelExpo jointly with the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry.