23rd Kazakhstan International Exhibition «Tourism & Travel»

23-25 April 2025

Workshop room #1

Open Area, Pavilion 11

10:00
10:00-11:45 Company: Investments and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and Embassy of Latvia
Subject: Direct flight Almaty - Riga - gates to Latvia, the Baltic and Europe

Company: Investments and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and Embassy of Latvia

Subject:
• Direct flight Almaty - Riga - gates to Latvia, the Baltic and Europe
• Tourism opportunities in Latvia
• Business opportunities with Latvian companies;

Speakers:
1. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Latvian Republic in the Republic of Kazakhstan Yuriy Pogrebnyak
2. Head of the International Business Representation of the Latvian Republic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Counsellor of the Ministry of Economics of the Latvian Republic Vladimir Samoilenko
3. Air Baltic Company in the CIS countries
10:30–11:00 Company: Medical Tourism Agencies Association of CIS
Subject: Medical tourism: agency business todayof CIS

Company: Medical Tourism Agencies Association of CIS

Subject:
Medical tourism: agency business today

Speaker:
Dmitriy Shmakov
11:00
11:00–11:30 Company: Republican center of health care development under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Company: Republican center of health care development under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Subject:
Development of the sanatorium and health resort industry in RK
12:00
12:00-13:00 Company: TEZ Tour – tour operator
Subject: Hainan - China

Company: TEZ Tour – tour operator

Subject:
Hainan - China

Speaker:
Alena Kossyanik
12:00–13:00 Company: Indonesia Embassy
Subject: Presentations by Indonesian touroperators

Company: Indonesia Embassy

Subject:
Presentations by Indonesian touroperators
13:00
13:00-15:00 KITF Travel Tech Forum

KITF Travel Tech Forum:

Subject:
"Online vs. offline: partners or competitors?"

Speaker:
Maxat Tabylganov, Director, Online Booking Tool Portbilet.kz & Online Travel Agency Biletix.kz
Subject:
Global trends: a transition from "Service Industry" to the "Industry of Experience and Impressions."

Speaker:
Anna Shchepkina, Sabre Travel Network (Central Asia), technologies consultant
Subject:
"The digital future in tourism is already here. Marketing tools are just distributed unevenly".

Speaker:
Yerkin Tikenov, Incide Travel Marketing Agency
Subject:
"How to find customers via Internet: solutions for your business."

Speaker:
Oksana Peshkova, a certified specialist on Yandex.Direct
13:00-14:30 Company: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM FOR ALMATINSKAYA REGION
Subject: Seven facets of the Great Steppe

Company: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM FOR ALMATINSKAYA REGION

Subject:
Seven facets of the Great Steppe

1. Nomad ethno aul
Speakers:
Stanislav Potapov, Baidaranin Daniyar

2. Huns ethnic aul Sarbaz rukhy
Speaker:
Alisherova Assel

3. Abylaikhan ethno aul
Speaker:
Zaitseva Svetlana

4. Festival of blossoming Sivers apple-tree
Speaker:
Zhamantayeva Ainur Aitkaliyevna
14:00
14:00 Infotour “Amazing city of thousand colors - Almaty” - only for guests and participants of the exhibition
*Information at KTA stand
14:30-16:00 Companies: Spanish Embassy; HM Hospitales; Clinicas Benidorm.
Subject: Medical treatment abroad. Spain

Companies: Spanish Embassy; HM Hospitales; Clinicas Benidorm.

Subject:
Medical treatment abroad. Spain

Speaker:
Economic and Commercial Advisor of the Spanish Embassy in RK, Mr. Manuel Sanchez Melero.
15:00
15:00-16:30 Discussion club on medical tourism "Global trends and opportunities of inbound and domestic medical tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan."

Discussion club on medical tourism "Global trends and opportunities of inbound and domestic medical tourism in the Republic of Kazakhstan."

Moderator:
Shaikenova Rashida Rashidovna - Director of the Kazakhstan Tourist Association (KTA)
1. Subject:
Global trends in medical tourism

Speaker:
Svetenko Oksana Aleksandrovna, Head of KTA’s Section of medical tourism, Wellness Travel LLP, Director
2. Subject:
A vision of Kazakhstani medical tourism. Profile of the domestic Kazakhstani tourist.

Speaker:
Akhmetova Muniram Kassymovna - Khan Turan LLP, Director, Advisor of the Director General of the Republican Center of Health Care Development
3. Subject:
Health resort treatment in Kazakhstan - Republican Center of Health Care Development
4. Subject:
Medical tourism on the example of Turkey experience

Speaker:
Sadykova Khalida, Director of the network offices in CIS countries of the Turkish Association of Medical Tourism (TNTS)
5.Subject:
"Sunchonhyan Clinic - professional expertise in Medical Tourism."

Speaker:
Junwan Choi - Director of Sunchughyan Medical Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:00
16:30-18:00 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL OF TURISTIK KAMKOR CF

MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL OF TURISTIK KAMKOR CF

Speaker:
Rey Inna Yuryevna
16:00-17:00 Company: Department of tourism for Akmolinskaya region
WORKSHOP

Company: Department of tourism for Akmolinskaya region

WORKSHOP:
Company:
Department of information technologies and promotion of tourism for Akmolinskaya region
Speaker:
Shartenova Zhanarai Sailaugaliyevna

Company:
Visit Aqmola Tourist Information Center
Speaker:
Shartenova Zhanarai Sailaugaliyevna

Company:
Cruise LLP
Speakers:
Petachenko Natalia, Petachenko Oksana

Company:
Rixos Borovoe
Subject:
A consolidated strategy of development of Shchuchinsko-Borovskaya Resort Area and cooperation between tourist administrative facilities
Speaker:
Leya Khamitova, Pavel Zhabinskiy

Closing remarks
Shartenova Zhanarai Sailaugaliyevna - Head of the Department of Information Technologies and Promotion of Tourism
17:00
18:00
15:00 – 17:00

В2В meeting with Mr. Dörd Tar (Consul Attache on the External Economy of the Consulate General of Hungary in Almaty)

Subject: "How to get visa to Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Denmark, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Slovenia."

Subject: "Hungary's tourism potential."

Space before the Pavilion 10

Gastronomic festival Taste & Travel Fest

Kazakhstan, Thailand, Korea, Turkey, Russia, Indonesia, Azerbaijan.

Interactive zones

Recreation Area
Photo exhibition about domestic tourism "All trips start here on the platform."
Street Exposition
Interactive zones:
workshops of artisans, felting, pottery, cooking receptions (kumiss, kurt and so on), jewelry workshops

April 18th

Lottery for participants
10:00 – 11:45, stand: 11-52 Workshop room №1
Organizer: Investments and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and Embassy of Latvia