Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) participated in the Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair (KITF) 2023 from 19th to 21st April 2023.
The three-day event was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan and had 24 co-exhibitors with 45 participants alongside MMPRC partaking in it.
KITF is regarded as one of the leading B2B fairs in the CIS region, and has been held since 2001. The exhibition serves as a wide-ranging professional platform for the tourism industry of the whole Central Asian Region. The event is also considered to be the pinnacle event of the sector in Kazakhstan.
Corporate travel decision makers, investors, tour operators for VIP clients, and other travel trade professionals took part in the event.
As of January end, the Maldives welcomed 2,995 tourists from Kazakhstan. The CIS region is a significant market for the Maldivian tourism industry, notably with Russia holding its position as the top source market to the island nation in 2023 thus far.