13:58, 15 ноября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Yuri KOPYTIN
One of the largest travel exhibitions in the world, World Travel Market, has ended in the capital of Great Britain. The pavilion of Kyrgyzstan was recognized as one of the most interesting. The Tourism Development Support Fund in the Kyrgyz Republic reports.
The republic was represented by the Fund, Manas International Airport, five tour operators and representatives of one of the hotels.
"Representatives of the country told about the culture of nomads, demonstrated national costumes in the pavilion, and girls from the Kyrgyz diaspora in Great Britain showed beautiful Kyrgyz dances. All this was presented against the backdrop of the stunning beauty of the landscapes of the republic, which could be admired both on a huge screen and on the paintings by the artist Samat Ishenbekov.
Representatives of the British tourism sector had the opportunity not only to get to know the country through the presentation and videos, but also to experience the Kyrgyz hospitality: national dishes — plov, boorsok, samsa, traditional Kyrgyz dances, as well as the opportunity to purchase a landscape by a Kyrgyz artist with wonderful views of the Kyrgyz Republic. The auction was charity; half of the proceeds will be donated to help children with autism.
More than 250 meetings with tour operators, travel bloggers, companies working in the tourism business took place on the sidelines of the exhibition.
The Tourism Development Support Fund in the Kyrgyz Republic signed five memorandums of cooperation with companies from the UK, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan.
Thus, the British marketing agency Here & Now 365 will help promote the Kyrgyz Republic in the tourism market of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Various information channels are discussed, including advertising in the tube, taxis and on London double-decker buses.
Another company from the UK, Wellbeing b2b, owns a large chain of hotels and is ready to share its experience with Kyrgyz colleagues.
The Association for Promotion of International Travel and Tourism of Great Britain offers to discuss investment in tourism, KOMPAS tour operator from the Republic of Kazakhstan is interested in combined tours for British tourists, and DOTW, a tour operator from Pakistan, plans to send tourists to the country.
On the same days, the Tourism Development Support Fund organized a tourism event-show in London. It was opened by the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UK Ulan Zhusupov, deputy of the Parliament Kamila Talieva, managing director of the Tourism Development Support Fund Kairat Itibaev.