Astana Travel Expo 2022: Variety of business programme sessions for travel market professionals

The 16th Kazakhstan International Tourism Exhibition "Leisure", that starts its work under a new brand name - Astana Travel Expo 2022 - will be held on October 5-7 in a new EXPO IEC (Nur-Sultan) location for the first time.

During its work, the Astana Travel Expo exhibition, previously held as Astana Leisure, has established itself as an important professional event on the eve of the autumn and winter tourist season and as a platform for effective networking and discussion of current trends in the industry. The status of the platform and the organizer of the event allowed in 2019 to act as the operator of PATA Travel Mart, the largest international event.

National and regional tourist organizations, tour operators, travel agencies, airlines, hotels, health resorts, recreation centers will be the exhibitors. This year the exposition will present an updated format. Main upgrade of the exhibition - enhanced business program, which will cover the most relevant issues and market proposals, will give answers to pressing issues, as well as become a talent pool, using capital area resources.

Astana Travel Expo business program will include presentation sessions from partners, seminars and a working meeting of government agencies on the results of the summer season.

The working meeting on tourism from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the participation of the Regional Tourism Departments of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be held on October 5. Presentation of new products will be made by SCAT airline, KOMPAS tour operator, and Discovery Moscow. Touristik Kamkor will present to the audience a new information resource for specialists in tourism and tourists. The first day of the exhibition will end with the seminar "Legal outlook on how the tour operator and travel agency work". Sabina Omar, the leader and inspirer of Traveler, will be the speaker.

The program of the second exhibition day will also be full of industry sessions and presentations. Halyk Travel and Traveler will hold a business session and seminar on October 6, whose topic will be attractive to industry professionals. The experts will talk about the ways to increase professional value and will share some case studies and effective tips. Rashida Shaikenova, Director of the Kazakhstan Tourism Association, will be the speaker of the presentation on tools to improve the quality of services in tourism.

The audience will also be interested in a presentation by representatives of the Embassy of Northern Macedonia in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The final day, October 7, will be devoted to the development of potential industry professionals. Traveler will hold a seminar on "Practical experience in tourism - for students and potential agents," and the Kazakhstan Tourist Association will organize a job fair.

The General Partner of the exhibition is Discovery Moscow.

Astana Travel Expo is organized by the ITECA Kazakhstan Exhibition Company and supported by the Tourism Industry Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For more information and details on the list of participants, please visit: www.travelexpo.kz

Get your ticket for the exhibition by pre-registering ONLINE at the website of the exhibition in the section "VISITORS" using a promo code: ATE22ANONS.