UITM is the largest tourist event of the autumn – winter season, the presentation of the most current tourist offers, the meeting place of the leading market players.
During the exhibition, representatives of the tourism business have the opportunity to get acquainted with the international and domestic companies, to negotiate, conclude favorable contracts with leaders of the tourism industry, to exchange experience with foreign colleagues and partners in the field of promotion of countries and tourist destinations, to observe successful examples of promotion of other countries. UITM is also a unique place for the world community to get acquainted with the rich historical and cultural heritage of Ukraine.
154 tour operators, national and local tourist associations and organizations, airlines, airports, hotels, sanatoriums, recreation centers, insurance companies, IT companies in tourism, representative offices of 28 countries took part in UITM 2017. The geography of the exhibition included desirable resorts and attractions: Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, India, Italy, China, Lithuania, Peru, the Republic of Moldova, Mexico, Slovakia, the USA, France, the Czech Republic, Ecuador and other countries. And the united national stands of Bulgaria, Hungary, Cuba, Palestine, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine have returned the stands of Poland and Egypt, as well as joined the national stands of Greece and Vietnam.
It is worth noting that this year, thanks to the new format of expositions of cities and regions of our country “Fair of tourist destinations of Ukraine”, which allowed to present the tourist features of regions as effectively as possible, exhibitors and domestic tourist routes of 20 regions and cities of Ukraine were presented at the international exhibition.