"Balttour 2011" News

Balttour 2011 Declared The Best Travel Tradeshow In Last 10 Years

The 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011”, a real celebration for tourism professionals and travellers, successfully ended on 13 February. "This was the best travel tradeshow of last decade. I have not heard any bad reviews even from true sceptics," the chairman of Vidzeme Tourism Association Raitis Sijāts tells. Read more >>>

Tourism professionals, media and participants about “Balttour 2011”

Kitija Gitendorfa,

President of the Association of Latvian Travel Agents (ALTA), Director of Amadeus Latvija

“Balttour 2011” followed new organisational concept and the results proved it right. It was all about the proficiency of participants, their ability to introduce and to sell their products, and visitors’ readiness to buy them. And that created a success story! Read more >>>

11 Reasons To Visit Balttour 2011

1. See Latvia’s diversity and discover the world!

"Balttour 2011" presents about 600 tourism companies in at least 200 stands representing 33 countries. See and enjoy all travel opportunities and offers for the new season in one place! Read more >>>

Free Shuttle Bus Service to "Balttour 2011"!

SIA Dzintara ceļš (Amber Way) provides free shuttle bus service for participants and visitors of the 18th International Travel Trade Fair "Balttour 2011" on 11-13 February.

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The 18th Travel Trade Fair Balttour 2011 Forthcoming in February

The new travel season opens with the 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011” – the biggest annual travel market in the Baltic States – to be held at Kipsala International Exhibition Centre from 11–13 February.

"Balttour 2011" will present about 600 tourism companies in at least 200 stands representing 30 countries and tourism businesses in national and individual exhibition stands. Read more >>>

Balttour 2011 And Latvia Best Enjoyed Slowly!

The Hall “Travel Latvia!” of the 18th International Travel Trade Fair "Balttour 2011" as a generous hostess will welcome everybody with a motto – “Best Enjoyed Slowly!” Read more >>>

With Kids to Balttour 2011!

Since travelling with kids is becoming more and more popular around the world, the organiser of the 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011” pays a special attention to the youngest audience and their parents. Read more >>>

Latvia Travel Industry Expects Stability and Development

"This will be the year of stability for travel industry. The growth in the number of tourists visiting Latvia is expected to range somewhere between 5% and 10%. The “Balttour 2011” fair will be a significant indicator of expectancy in the development of new travel season revealing new offers, sales capacity and price levels. The travel industry works hard to run up to the event,” the director of Tourism Development State Agency (TAVA) Mr Armands Slokenbergs tells.  Read more >>>

Enjoy Dog Sled Ride Around Kipsala!

The 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011” this year offers visitors yet inexperienced enjoyment – a breathtaking ride in a dog sled. The Siberian Huskies – winter sled dogs of the Chukchi people of Siberia bred through the centuries to help people travel long distances through the harshest conditions in the far north of our planet – will settle at Kipsala International Exhibition Centre from 11 to 13 February. Read more >>>

Participants Gear Up for Balttour 2011!

By the end of November, more than 40 partners have affirmed their participation in the 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011” held by the Association of Latvian Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ALTA) and International Exhibition Company BT 1. Read more >>>

Watch Bathing Traditions at Balttour 2011

Every honest Latvian not only has a tradition of singing but also of bathing once a week. As it turns out people go to a bathhouse not only to bathe but also to catch endorphin – the hormone of happiness. Bath owner from the whole Latvia invite everybody to obtain the hormone of happiness at the 18th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2011”.

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