The IV Russian Tourism Forum “Travel!”

On June 12-16, 2024, the IV Russian Tourism Forum “Travel!” will be held in Moscow at Pavilion 55 and on Industry Square of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VDNH).

Over 50,000 participants attended the events of the Forum’s business programme and the festival site over the span of four days. The business programme included over 30 sessions, at which more than 240 speakers participated. This year, 200 companies presented 80 stands, while some of them presented collective expositions. This year, all eight of Russia’s federal districts took part in the Forum, representing a total of 40 regions at the exhibition. The event had an exhibition area of more than 24,000 square metres.

Over four days, the Forum’s guests and participants took part in a colourful kaleidoscope of interactive events. The Creative Workshop hosted 25 master classes and showcased the national flavour and special features of the participating regions. Master classes taught participants how to make clay figures, paint on clay with ethnic ornaments, various types of weaving, and much more.

The festival stage featured more than 65 events: band performances, presentations of national tourist routes, an event-based tourist calendar, and a gastronomic map of Russia. In addition to a vibrant concert programme, the festival included a presentation of an event tourism calendar and national tourist routes that are being developed as part of the National Tourism Project. In addition, the Forum guests had an opportunity to take part in gastronomic master classes about Russia’s national tourist routes, as well as in an interactive game where they assembled two maps in the form of a puzzle: the first a huge map of Russia with regions, the second a gastronomic map of Russia.

Organizer: Roscongress Foundation. The Forum was held with the support of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the State Duma’s Committee on Tourism and the Development of Tourism Infrastructure, the National Priorities Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization, the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, the Russian Geographical Society, the Russian Union of the Tourism Industry, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, and other industry associations.

More information: https://rustravelforum.com/ (in Russian), https://rustravelforum.com/en/ (in English).