Fair Holiday 2014 held in Minsk

9 апреля 2014

While hosting the fair Holiday 2014 for three days Minsk became the capital of tourism.


The most popular mobile application in Belarus is now the tourist guide. According to the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, about 40 thousand people have already downloaded it. Foreigners acquired the virtual guide for the World Championship as well.


A large-scale program for the development of tourism in Belarus is planned out until 2015. Exports of tourism services in the past year were 115 percent, this year they are planned to be increased to 140 percent.


The current year is proclaimed the year of military tourism. And it is no coincidence because this year we are having two anniversaries: the centenary of the First World War and the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Belarus.


The annual tourism fair is attended by domestic participants and visitors from Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey and Italy. Last year, our country was visited by about 130,000 tourists. A newbie of the fair Holiday 2013, an autonomous region of Sardinia this year is one of the most delicious places to travel.


Belarus also opened a new tourist destination. This kind of travel is associated primarily with the tourists who prefer to travel around different countries in mobile homes. Campsites and infrastructure if available will increase the interest of European campers in our country.


Alexander Shamko, Minister of Sport and Tourism of Belarus: This is a new direction that we boosted last year. The caravaners' movement is quite effective in Europe. And it will be successful in our country. Belarus is a transit country. A few sites of this kind were created in Minsk for the World Championship.


Alternative to Ukraine, Bulgarian and Krasnodar resorts can be chosen by Belarusian tourists. Many firms do not abandon the Ukrainian direction, some of them are trying to change their routes.


The most popular cities in Belarus are Minsk, Polotsk, Brest and Grodno.


The priority of the Belarusians is the countries with access to the sea. According to the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, the prices for package tours are not yet growing.