OREANDA-NEWS. October 01, 2013. IFTM Top Resa 2013 international travel exhibition has opened in the French capital city with Uzbekistan’s tourism potential extensively displayed at the exposition.

Owing to its ancient monuments, rich culture, shrines and unique nature, Uzbekistan wields an immense potential in tourism. The peace and harmony reigning in our country coupled with the Uzbek hospitality have facilitated a growing inflow of tourists.

Steadfast efforts have been in progress under the leadership of President Islam Karimov to bolster the tour industry. Uzbekistan has been regular in major international expositions, fairs and travel festivals held in many nations. To widely demonstrate our country’s tour capacities to the world and hence boost the number of incoming tourists, the Uzbektourism National Company has embarked on marketing projects, megainfo-tours. As part of this scheme, cooperation has been established with more than 200 travel agencies in such countries as France, China, Hungary, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The international exposition IFTM Top Resa held since 1978 is considered one of the most prominent in the world. This year’s event is being attended by representatives of more than 10 thousand tour companies from more than 150 countries along with specialists and experts in the area. The exhibition covers all the contemporary directions in the travel industry. The exposition is divided into sections like business tours, ecological, sport and enlightenment tours, exotics, cruise, hospitality and restaurant service, recreation.

As reported by the Uzbektourism, the “Uzbekistan” national stand has been appealing to the keen interest of exhibition visitors with its colorful Eastern-style design and content. It offers detailed information about the historic monuments in our country, the national customs and traditions, tour attractions in such ancient cities as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shahrisabz and Tashkent.

As part of the exposition, a presentation “Welcome to Uzbekistan!” narrating our country’s tourism potential has been organized in cooperation with the French embassy in Uzbekistan. It was attended by representatives of mass media and major travel agencies.

The international exposition IFTM Top Resa 2013 offers opportunities for the extensive familiarization of the world public with our nation’s travel industry, for cementing the cooperation with foreign tour agencies, for striking bilateral and multilateral mutually advantageous deals, inquiring into contemporary trends in the evolution of tourism, for close familiarization with innovations and changes at the international travel market and sharing expertise.