The professionals of the travel market affirm that people are devided in two categories: those who like to travel and those who like it too, but don’t know it yet. 152 exhibitors from Moldova, Bulgaria, Georgia,Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine did everything to make great travels and wonderful vacations the most important thing in your life. On 1320 sq m of exhibition space, for 4 days a real touristic feast unfolded: tempting offers, new destinations, festivals, competitions, raffles, great music, friendly atmosphere, warm communication and surprises, surprises, surprises ...

Moldovan tour operatprs: Via est Vita!

With the small exception of the North Pole and Antarctica, Moldovan tour operators and travel agencies are ready to send us to the remotest corners of the globe. Greece? Here you are - charter flights from Alexa-Tur (more than 4,000 hotels throughout Greece), low-cost flights from PandaTur, special offers from Voiaj International, economy and VIP holidays from GloriaTur, pilgrimage with Vision Travel, all kinds of sojourns from Mouzenidis Travel and Robinson and other companies. Turkey? Nothing simpler - direct flights from Tez Tour (free transfer to Rixos Hotel), direct flight Chisinau-Izmir from Mobseb Tour, best prices from Canonic Tur and from many other operators and agencies. Bulgaria? Easy - best sales from AlpimarinTur, super prices from AmazonTur, winter and summer holidays from FamilyTur, comfortable buses from My Way, beach and mountain holidays from StilTur.

Most of Moldovan tour operators work with most popular destinations, but at their stands the visitors got acquainted with offers of individual and group tours toward more exotic destinations - Montenegro, Tunisia, Thailand, Maldives, Egypt, Israel, Spain, etc., with programs of treatment in the Czech Republic, Hungary, but also with weekend tours throughout Europe, and much more

The leader of the Moldovan aviation industry, Air Moldova, presented new direct flights Chisinau - Madrid and Chisinau - Krasnodar. Aerlux offered to the busiest visitors a new solution - an online platform where everyone can plan their own vacation to the smallest detail.

Moldova: rock monasteries, grapes and something else

The ultimate goal of a travel is not to see a foreign country, but to see your country as a foreign one. Travel opportunities and cultural peculiarities of different regions of Moldova were presented at the stands of the district councils of Calarasi, Hincesti, Glodeni, Nisporeni, Orhei, Soroca, ATU Gagauzia.

Cave monasteries and ancient fortresses, agro-touristic boarding houses, unique nature monuments and reserves, museums and resorts, wine tours and mineral tours - everything our country can be proud of was displayed at the exhibition.  The most famous attractions included the Manor Manuk Bey in Hincesti, Hincu Monastery in Nisporeni, Orhei Natural and Cultural Reserve "Old Orhei".

Attractive offers from foreign participants

At TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS 2017 were importantly present the foreign travel companies, both within the national stands of their countries, and also with individual stands.

This year participants from Ukraine presented opportunities for recreation at the seaside resorts of Vilkovo, Zatoka, Sergeevka, Gribovo and Odessa, as well as other types of tourism in Odessa region. The possibilities of effective medical tourism were presented at the stands of the Skhidnytsa Resort and the Hotel Complex Carpaty, one of the largest treatment and diagnostic centers in the Truskavets resort.

The most diverse possibilities of recreation were displayed by participants from Romania. Romanian companies offered sojourns in the Borsec resort, cultural and entertainment vacations in Buzau area and at Sarata Monteora, spa tourism in Covasna, the best opportunities for family vacations and recreation at the resorts of Sovata, Baile Felix, Slanic Moldova and Vatra Dornei.

New and promising destinations for tourists from Moldova were offered by participants from Georgia. At the stand of the Marco Polo Hotel in Gudauri one could get acquainted with the young ski resort of Gudauri and learn about the main attraction of Gudauri - freeride - descent through virgin fields. One of the best spa hotels in Georgia, MediHaus, offered not only the possibility of health recreation in the Sachkhere area, but also excursions to the colorful places of Imeretia.

Participants from Bulgaria presented the whole range of famous tourist destinations. In addition to the traditional proposals for beach holidays in Burgas, Albena etc. on Golden Sands, Bulgarian tour operators offered new opportunities for children and youth recreation, sports recreation, sightseeing tours to the heart of historic Bulgaria, as well as opportunities for balneotherapy.

Representatives of Slovakia offered a novelty – treatment at the resort of Cerveni Kláštor, known for its rare spring water, while representatives of Hungary revealed the prospects for a wonderful pastime at the resort of Hajdúszoboszló. Here, tourists will enjoy spa treatment, a swimming complex, an aqua park and an Aqua Palace.

The offers of representatives of Turkey were traditionally rich - affordable prices for beach holidays in the hotels of Antalya, Kemer, Belek, Alanya. In addition, at the national stand of Turkey visitors offered sightseeing tours to historical places, nature reserves and natural monuments.

Feast of rural tourism "My Village as A Tourist Destination " - we preserve and pass on traditions

TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS 2017 hosted the Festival - contest "My Village", where all aspects of the Moldovan cultural heritage were presented to the attention of visitors. Representatives of the districts Calarasi, Hincesti, Glodeni, Nisporeni, Orhei, Soroca, ATU Gagauzia shared with visitors rich information about their native places. Centuries-old traditions were presented not only at the stands of the districts, but in songs, special dishes, costumes of the inhabitants of these places. The festival was the most vivid and fun event of the exhibition. The 1^st prize went to representatives of the Hincesti district, while the Grand Prix of the contest was awarded to the delegation of ATU Gagauzia.

Business program

The consistent business program became an organic part of the exhibition, where experts discussed a number of problems of the industry, exchanged views on the prospects for further development in this field. The co-organizer of the exhibition, the Tourism Agency of Moldova, conducted a seminar on the topic "Association for the development of tourism services. Promotion of the "cluster" concept in the field of tourism ". During the seminar, a close attention was given to the innovative component of the cluster system. According to the experts of the Agency, such association will lead to increased competition, development of regions and growth of the tourism market.

The National Association of Incoming Tourism of Moldova (ANTRIM) presented a modern and effective resource "Information Center for Tourists from Chisinau". In the information center, the guests of the capital will have free access to information about the sights of the republic, offers of tour operators, various festivals and cultural events. In addition, the Association held a master class on "Promotion of tourism products, tourism services and small businesses in the tourism industry through various marketing tools and communication channels" with the participation of experts in the tourism industry.

During the seminar organized by Air Moldova, the audience was presented with new products of the summer 2017. In particular, the company representatives showcased new special offers for Italy and Spain. Now, a trip to the most interesting tourist destinations in Italy and Spain will be at a price of 59 euros one way.

Opinions of Our Exhibitors:

«Our company is participating in the TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS for four years already, the exhibitionan representing an effective tool for attracting new customers and promoting new products. This year we brought on the market new directions (Krasnodar, Madrid) and visitors of our stand were actively interested in the new proposals. I think that we managed to achieve our goal - acquainting a wide range of b2c audiences with our services, as well as attracting the interest of corporate clients. I am convinced that the exhibition plays an important role for the country's tourism industry.».

Elena Sireteanu, manager for relations with corporate clients and tourism, Air Moldova

«I would like to note that the exhibition opens opportunities for feedback from customers. We are satisfied with the quality of the audience that visited our stand - mostly representatives of b2b and b2c segments. In the result of communication with visitors of our stand, we made a number of conclusions. In particular, we are satisfied with the huge interest for our new product - a platform that gives the clients the opportunity to plan their own vacation. We participate in TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS for the second time and the results of our participation allow us to look with optimism into the future not only of our company, but also of the tourism industry as a whole. "

Viorel Cicu, Administrator, Aerlux

«We are not first-timers at such a representative tourism forum as the exhibition TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS. I want to thank the organizers for the excellent conditions at the exhibition, their support during these 4 days. We were glad to meet all visitors to our stand, many of them getting acquainted with the opportunities for recreation and treatment in Hungary for the first time. Most importantly - thanks for the wonderful atmosphere, for the opportunity to communicate with visitors and other exhibitors. This is exactly what a tourist exhibition should be - bright, positive and informative."

Ruth Shengeli Shekeli, sales manager, Hungaro SPA (National stand of Hungary)

«We are participating for the first time in the exhibition - this is part of our campaign to promote a new children's camp on the Black Sea coast. I am sure that the exhibition provides all opportunities to achieve the established goals - we got many new contacts, including with travel agencies, participants at the event. I am glad that large travel companies are represented here, there is the possibility of direct communication, the opportunity to establish business relations. After all, our target audience are also tour operators. In addition, I want to note the undisputable benefits of such a tool as networking - we received very useful and promising contacts. Participation in TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS has been fully rewarding."

Elena Solovieva, Customer Service Manager, Zvezdny Bereg (Ukraine)

«I want to say right away that we are very pleased with the exhibition. The companies we are interested to meet - agencies, hotels - are all present here. The visitors are our audience, all 4 days were filled with communication, creating contacts, in general we had a very fruitful experience. For more than 5 years, our company has been participating in the exhibition, since we consider it an important and necessary event for our image. It is also important that we met potential partners who are eager to cooperate with us."

Liubov Ciumac, Director of the Tourism Department, System Capital Management SRL (Robinson)

«As a permanent exhibitor, our company has always appreciated TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS as an effective tool for attracting the public to new offers. The greatest attraction for visitors at our stand was our latest offer - the direct flight Chisinau-Rhodes. It's nice that among the visitors there were also representatives of the corporate segment, also interested in the Greek direction. In order to achieve the set goals, it is necessary to use all the opportunities provided by the exhibition, then the result is guaranteed. "

Elena Stog, Executive Director, Tez-Tour

«We evaluate as fruitful the results of our company's participation. Our new offer – the direct flight Chisinau - Izmir, has been an excellent shot - this is one of the most interesting and little-known in the country directions. Actually, our goal was to promote this new direction, along with more traditional ones. Thanks to the good organization and successful placement of the stand, we had a flow of visitors, and hence many new contracts.”

Mobseb Tour SRL

«We liked the exhibition very much - a good organization, interested visitors, an abundance of important travel agencies. Many visitors to our stand discovered opportunities for recreation in Romania. I am sure that the touristic Romania opened new horizons to many visitors of the exhibition; we tried to provide a maximum of information about new and fascinating directions of medical and cultural vacations in our country. It has been very interesting and useful."

Irena Petre, counselor, Ministry of Tourism of Romania (National Stand of României)

«The exhibition was just wonderful, our charter flights to Crete, Spain, Portugal, to Rhodes enjoyed success. Thanks to a flexible system of discounts and the right organization of the event, we get our audience. The presence here of our partners confirmed the high reputation of the exhibition as a serious specialized project

Ana Rusu, commercial director, Voiaj International

«We are pleased with the organization of the exhibition - it is an effective tool that helps us to reveal the essence of our activity to the public, namely, a new perception of tourism. Visitors were interested in our opportunities to work in several reservation systems, which are designed for different continents. Of course, participation in the exhibition is an indicator of the solidity of the company, of its high corporate culture. We are participants of the exhibition TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS for more than 10 years and I can say that it is a real professional platform for the players of the tourist market.”

Fiodor Codjebas, General director, Vision Travel

Opinions of Our Visitors:

"It's good that there is such an exhibition where you can buy discounted vacation vouchers. For those who missed the early booking, the exhibition TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS is a great opportunity. I try not to miss this event, there are always a lot of interesting offers. This year I was interested in the offer of Voiaj International for Greece. "

Rimma Lupu, housewife

«The exhibition offers a very rich choice of vacations with and for children, both in the country and abroad. I am sure that this is the best palce to plan a holiday - there is an opportunity to compare offers, to learn about new products. I was interested in the Children's Camp "Звездный берег", also in a very interesting offer of family holidays in Albena from Family Tur. I also think it's a very good idea to promote the possibilities of domestic tourism. I first found about some places in Moldova only at the exhibition TOURISM. LEISURE. HOTELS.»

Iulia Rosca, office manager

«I was pleasantly surprised by the abundance of new proposals - I collected a whole bunch of advertising brochures. This year I wanted to try something new, and at the exhibition my eyes simply run out. Most of all I was interested in Montenegro: I found good prices at the VISION TRAVEL S.R.L. stand. "

Viorica Cretu, IT Specialist