UN tourism chief to attend Iran’s flagship tourism show
Iran’s Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ali-Asghar Shalbafian has said that Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization Zurab Pololikashvili will participate in the 17th Tehran International Tourism and Related Industries Exhibition (TITE).
At the press conference of the exhibition on Tuesday, Shalbafian said that the TITE, which is one of the largest exhibitions in the country, will be held in 20 halls with 982 participating booths in an area of 60,000 square meters from February 12 to 15, 2024, IRNA reported.
He added that the 17th Tehran International Tourism and Related Industries Exhibition will be held in 20 halls with 982 participating booths in an area of 60,000 square meters.
He further noted that representatives and tourism industry activists from Russia, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka have pavilions in this exhibition.
Also, 69 foreign travel agencies mostly from Russia’s Kazan and St. Petersburg, apart from the agencies that have booths, have put in a request to take part in the exhibition, he added.
He underlined that appropriate places are provided for bilateral and multilateral business cooperation talks for foreign participants.
Referring to the hosting visitors from Malaysia, Indonesia, Iraq and Tunisia, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts said that the UN tourism chief and his entourage as well as the Secretary-Generals of the ECO and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the head of the Tourism Committee of Uzbekistan will attend Iran’s flagship tourism show.