I-Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT) yabanjwa ngoMashi 18-21, 2009 e-Expocentre, eMoscow. Eminyakeni eyi-16 edlule, i-MITT isibe ngomunye wemibukiso ehamba phambili yokuhamba emhlabeni.
Kulo nyaka, inani lezindawo e-MITT lenyuke laya ku-157, futhi cishe izinkampani ze-3,000 zabamba iqhaza embukisweni. Okusha
umbukiso wawuhlanganisa i-Colombia, i-Costa Rica, i-Japan, i-Panama, i-Macao, ne-Hainan Island. U-Luis Madrigal weCosta Rica Tourist Board ujabule kakhulu ngesingeniso sokuqala senkampani yakhe emakethe yaseRussia ethi, “Lesi ngeyethu.
okokuqala kulo mbukiso wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, futhi sibona amathuba amaningi emakethe yaseRussia. Kube nesasasa elikhulu lapho siya khona.”
Abakhangisi abaningi abavamile bandise ubukhulu bezitendi zabo, okuhlanganisa iDubai, iSri Lanka, i-Indonesia, neFiji. Lo mcimbi uhehe abantu abangu-85,741.
Kulo nyaka, i-Dubai ibe i-Partner Destination esemthethweni ye-MITT. Enkulumweni yakhe emcimbini wokuvula ngokusemthethweni, u-Eyad Ali Abdul Rahman waphawula ukuthi, ngenxa yokwanda kokuchayeka e-MITT ngonyaka odlule, isibalo sabavakashi baseRussia nabakwaCIS eDubai sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-15. Ekupheleni komcimbi wezinsuku ezine, uzakwabo, uSergey Kanaev, uthe: “Isitendi saseDubai sivakashelwe ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abangaphezulu ngamaphesenti ayi-10-15 kunangonyaka odlule. Ngokusobala, ukwanda kwentshisekelo yochwepheshe kulo mbukiso kunqunywa izinguquko ezimakethe kanye nemizamo yezinkampani yokuthola izindlela ezintsha zokuthuthukisa kanye nokwenza imisebenzi yabo ehlukahlukene. Kodwa into esemqoka ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yaseRussia iwagcinile amandla ayo, okwakhonjiswa ngokucacile embukisweni wasentwasahlobo.”
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ingqungquthela, u-Hisham Zaazou, iphini likasihlalo webhodi le UNWTO amalungu ahlangene, wanikeza isibikezelo sakhe sokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele, ephawula ukuthi naphezu kokwehla okungenzeka kwezivakashi ezifika ngo-2009-2010, inani eliphelele kufanele libe liphezulu kakhulu kunango-2005-2006, ngenxa yentuthuko esheshayo ye imboni eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
Umdidiyeli womcimbi uMaria Badakh waphawula: “Impumelelo yombukiso walo nyaka kanye nenani labantu abathakaselayo abathintwayo abawubonile kuwubufakazi obusobala bokuthi abantu baseRussia basenesifiso sokuhamba. Eyethu
ababukisi basitshela ukuthi iRussia iyimakethe ekhanga kakhulu ngenxa yesikhathi nemali abantu baseRussia abavame ukuyisebenzisa eholidini. Iningi lababukisi bethu lihlela ukuqhubeka noma ngisho nokukhulisa umsebenzi wabo emakethe,
ukuze kuthi lapho isimo esibucayi sesiphelile, bathole ingxenye enkulu emakethe. Impendulo evela kubabukisi bethu kulo nyaka isinika isizathu sokujabula kakhulu ngombukiso wangonyaka ozayo, futhi abaningi sebenawo kakade
baphinde babhukha izindawo zabo zombukiso wangonyaka ozayo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abaphuthelwa!”