Result-oriented event - “Astana Leisure 2015”

On September 24-26, 2015, Astana will host a special industry event for the autumn and winter tourism season - “Astana Leisure 2015” exhibition to mark the eve of the World Tourism Day.

Considering the increasing flow of foreign businessmen and tourists to all regions of the large industrial space and the development of foreign economic relations, as well as the active national policy aimed at attracting investments into our country, Astana Leisure, as the industry event, has an undeniable practical value. The Exhibition, being a result-oriented business platform, is held to sum up a busy summer season, give the start of the autumn and winter season and present tourism offers.

The exposition is full of new and hot market offers, such as: health and ski resorts, architecture and rich history of Slovenia from Slovenian Travel Agency "RENEE TOURS". Popular medical tourism and MICE destinations of South Korea will be presented by "Goyang City". Tours to Japan - "Tairiku Travel".

Kazakhstani operators will be headed by: Astana's operator KAZUNION, a creative and ambitious team of professionals, who are working every day to offer the best price/quality tours on the tourism services market! And Almaty's tour operator "KOMPAS", which is the only agency in Kazakhstan accredited by the Consulate of Croatia in Istanbul

A journey through the unique and uncharted expanses of Kazakhstan may happen right at the exhibition, thanks to the exposition of the regional Departments of Tourism and Department of Tourism Industry of RoK Ministry of Investment and Development, which will unleash the immense potential of Kazakhstan as a tourist destination.

"ANEX Tour" with its motto "Year-round sunshine!" in addition to beach holidays is offering MICE and VIP tourism services.

More than 140 hotels in 16 countries in Europe, Americas and Africa will be represented by the hotel chain "Barcelo Hotels & Resorts". The Spanish hotel and resort chain "PRINCESS HOTELS & RESORTS" and one of the largest hotels in the mountains of Georgia "Gudauri Marco Polo" will also be represented at Astana Leisure 2015.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey are actively preparing for Astana Leisure 2015 exhibition too. Hungarian tour operator "Robinson Tours Ltd" offers any kind of tourism services in Hungary. Greek tour operator "MouzenidisTravel" promises to offer an unprecedented variety of tours and travel options for Greece.

Astana Leisure 2015 Exhibition will also feature the Lithuanian SPA "RAMINORA SPA VILNIUS", tours to Vietnam from "Focus Travel", tempting offers from the international carrier "Fly Dubai" and many others.

In addition to the tourism industry trends, new price offers and packages, Astana Leisure 2015 will present educational activities, special programs and promotions for travel agents and informative workshops.

Hot topics of this year's exhibition will include:

• Airlines: regular and charter flights.
• New programs and skills in tour product sales from the leading tour operators from Kazakhstan and abroad.
• Development of competitive destination: domestic tourism - a bet on the recreational tourism segment.
• MICE and medical tourism: growing market segments. Among the most interesting topics at KITF 2015 exhibition were rated business tourism, namely, business trips - 32% of responses, MICE - 27% of responses. The first lines in the rating table were also taken by medical tourism with 25% of responses.
• Event tourism. In anticipation of several mega projects in Kazakhstan: "EXPO-2017", "Asian Games 2017" event tourism becomes more relevant and the interest is growing.
• New and hot destinations at the exhibition and on the market: Hungary, Georgia, the Dominican Republic, India, Singapore, Slovenia, Japan.

Organizers and the official support of Astana Leisure 2015 exhibition: exhibition companies ITE Group Plc (UK) and Iteca (Kazakhstan), the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and the Akimat of Astana city.

The Partner of Registration of the exhibition is SAYAT company.

Official exhibition website www.leisure.kz.