7th VIRTUAL ATHENS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM & CULTURE EXPO 2020
The business world of tourism, from Greece and abroad, gave potential presence at the 7th Virtual Athens International Tourism Expo 2020 sending at the same time a resounding message that the tourism industry will recover immediately.
In the new virtual version of the Expo, due to the pandemic, the results surpassed each expectation and numbers speak for themselves since:
They participated:
100 Exhibitors, such as Regions, Municipalities, Hotels, Travel Agencies and Tour Operators,
85 International Buyers and Travel Agents from 45 countries
4650 On Line business visitors from Greece and abroad
They took place:
1850 very successful B2B teleconference meetings between Exhibitors, Buyers and on Line visitors from Greece and Abroad.
4650 on Line business visitors, from Greece and Abroad connected with the exhibition, visited the digital kiosks of Exhibitors, held on camera meetings with Exhibitors and the majority of them attended the Live events.
It is also noteworthy that, despite the adverse conditions prevailing, due to the pandemic, after the end of the Exhibition, the majority of Buyers and Exhibitors characterized the Exhibition as extremely successful and with very important meetings which will lead to trade agreements for the incoming tourism in Greece in the year 2021.
The Minister Tourism Mr. Ch. Theocharis inaugurated the exhibition, online, congratulating at the same time the organization for daring to hold the Athens International Tourism Expo in online version.
The Live Events of the Exhibition also took place with great success which were attended on line by professional visitors from Greece and abroad.
In Live Events:
The Region of Crete with their Speakers Dr. Kyriakos Kotsoglou, Commissioner of Tourism & Mr. Nikos Alexakis, Head, Directorate for Tourism presented the topic “Sense the authentic Crete 365 days”.
The Region of Central Greece with their Speakers Mr. Elias Bourma, Deputy Governor of Tourism & Culture & Mrs. Marianna Liaskou, Tourism Officer presented the topic “Region of Central Greece / Tourism-Culture / Gastronomy”.
The Attica Region, which unfortunately due to illness of the Regional Governor Mr. George Patoulis, did not have the opportunity to attend “live”, he presented writing the theme “Attica Region: The tourism for the year 2021”.
The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau with Speaker Mr. Vyronas Myrgiotis, International Account Manager, ACVB, presented the topic: “Forward Thinking Heritage ”.
Finally, the General Secretary of EOT Mr. Dimitris Fraggakis, with his message to Buyers stressed, among other things “ 2021 will not be a year of automatic return to normalcy. Recovery will take place, but it will be gradual. It is yet too early for predictions for the next season, but the initial messages we receive are encouraging, mainly as a result of the positive evaluation of the country’s efforts to safeguard the brand of Greece as a destination. Our current performance in the containment of the pandemic will largely determine the characteristics of the 2021 season, also in light of the future performance of our competitors. It is key that we persist to implement and abide by the measures advised by the experts.”
The organization of the Expo warmly thanks the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture who put the Exhibition under their auspices as well as GNTO who, for another year, supported the Exhibition and stood as a helper to her effort. Warm thanks also to all the Exhibitors who, with their dynamics presence and their excellent digital kiosks, really supported, along with Buyers, the incoming tourism in our country in 2021.
The Organizers: LEADERTECH Co., Viantos str. 2, 10442 ATHENS, GREECE, Tel. +30-210-6141164, info@leaderexpo.gr, www.aite.gr