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World Travel Show international tourist trade show, one of the most important events for everyone interested in travelling to our region of Europe, was staged on 18-20 October. For the fourth time in a row the show was held in Ptak Warsaw Expo in Nadarzyn. The Polish national stand was visited by thousands of travel enthusiasts.

Now taking place along the West Coast, a roadshow staged as part of V4 Group’s marketing operations has representatives of tourist organisations from Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary meet travel agents from Seattle, Los Angeles and San Diego.

"Discover Central Europe” was the motto used by Polish Tourism Organisation International Office in Moscow to stage meetings with delegates of Kazakhstan’s tourism industry. Arranged together with other representatives of the Visegrad Group (V4) - Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia - the meetings took place in the cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan on 23-24 October.

Polish Tourism Organisation participated in the Salon Tourisme Voyages international tourism and travel show, which wrapped up in Montreal. The event is among the largest meetings of its kind in Canada and one of the most important ones in North America.

Polish Tourism Organisation took part in Quality Travel Fair in Copenhagen, a popular event in the Danish market. The Polish stand was visited by a record-breaking number of guests.

Queen Louise Adit mining complex in Zabrze, which in 2018 received the prestigious POT Certificate, is now among the Grand Prix laureates of 2019 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards (conservation category).

A group of travel agents from Ukraine stayed in Małopolska at the invitation of POT. Staged in cooperation with Małopolska Tourist Organisation, the trip was intended to showcase Poland’s top wintertime highlights.

Broadcast by Italian television channel RAI 3 in a Sunday primetime slot, a programme covering two Polish cities - Poznań and Gdańsk - was influenced by a trip undertaken by journalist Sibillia Damiani, who visited Poland at the invitation of Polish Tourism Organisation.

On 6-8 November Polish Tourist Organisation staged workshops aimed at venues belonging to the EDEN (European Destinations of Excellence) network, winners of the 2019 competition for the Best European Destination. This time the meeting was hosted by Gołdap, laureate of this year’s edition in the medical tourism and wellness category.

Toruń, Inowrocław and Ciechocinek hosted representatives of the Russian tourism industry, who arrived to participate in the 16th edition of the Polish-Russian Tourist Forum ETO POLSHA! The list of discussed issues included the tourist potential of the region of Kujawsko-Pomorskie (Kuyavia and Pomerania) and the growing number of tourists from Russia.