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Solid African Presence at
Montreal's
International Travel and Tourism
Show
Africa Travel Magazine's
editor Jerry W. Bird received notice from the
Office
of Tourism for Guinea
advising that a delegation of Ministry officials
and tour operators from that attractive West
African country will be participating. We will
provide more details and names soon. Long time participants in
the show are North African nations such as Morocco,
whose exhibit is located in the Mediterranean
section. this is especially timely, since the
Morocco National Office of Tourism and the Africa
Travel Association are hosting the ATA
6th Cultural & Ecotourism
Symposium in Fez,
December 8 to 13, 2002. Mr Abdel Ghani Ragala,
General Manager of the Morocco National Tourism
Office in Montréal has confirmed his
country's presence and general literature will be
available. Tunisia will also be at the show with a
strong presence as confirmed in a recent
conversation with Mr Khaled Cheikh, Manager of the
Canadian office of the Tunisia
National Tourism Board. Also long time exhibitor,
Egypt
in addition of
tourism representatives will offer cultural
participation with the dance group "LALA HAKIM" on
Saturday October 26th at 4:15 P.M. on the central
stage. Kenya has yet to confirm its participation,
but their visibility has recently be upgraded with
the nomination of "Discover the World Marketing" of
Toronto as official representatives for Canada.
Angola, a first time visitor at the show, will be
represented by its Embassy and presence of the
Tourism Minister has been confirmed. Another long time visitor
and one particularly interested in this market, is
Tanzania,
represented by its Embassy and Tanzania National
Parks, who will answer all questions and help show
visitors discover this marvellous country.
Tanzania, a traditionally strong supporter of the
Africa Travel Association, will this year again
invite Canadians to their fascinating landscape and
depict the safari tradition of the
country. This years, Africa will
again be well represented, even if some
improvements need to be done. Very nice projects
are under way and the next edition in 2003 will
certainly be a very good one for Africa. I invite
you to visit this interesting show where safaris,
cultural and ecotourism will be presented. In
addition to Africa, dozens more countries will
participate. I hope this show will be memorable for
you, it is certainly an official rendezvous for
me. Good show Denis Dionne Photos countesy of Tourisme
Quebec and Aeroports de Montréal |
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Canada's
Quebec Province hosted the World Ecotourism Summit
- now get ready for a powerful encore! Once again,
winter is coming to Montréal, and travel to
sun destinations is bound to follow. From October
25 to 27 the International Tourism and Travel Show
will be held in downtown Montréal's
impressive Place Bonaventure. This exciting event,
one of the most important in North America,
attracts over 20,000 visitors annually. A specialty
of the show is the fact that the first night
(Friday) is reserved for the travel trade, as
hundreds of travel professionals gather to
'network' and make business deals. This large,
multi-faceted show is the year's hottest
opportunity to present new products and
destinations in a key area of the North American
market. Every year, dozens of countries are
represented by tourism officials and many
businesses from abroad make their way to
Montréal to participate.