Tarragona promote the arrival of Russian tourists in Costa Daurada

Tarragona. Costa Dorada. The Costa Dorada has hosted, from 2 April to 6 April 2011, a hundred travel agents from the Russian tour operator TUI-VKO, which have made a convention. This action clearly shows the interest of the Russian market for the Gold Coast, a destination chosen by 60% of Russian tourists who visit Catalonia. The convention has received support from the Tourism Council of Tarragona Province, we promoted other acts of collaboration, given the growing importance of this market represents for the Costa Dorada. In this sense, the Russian market is already the third source of foreign tourism in Costa Dorada, latest UK and France. More than 100 travel agents Russians have known firsthand the tourism of the Costa Dorada and have made a convention at the Teatro Auditorium in Salou, prior to the summer tourist season. They had the support of the Provincial Tourism Office, assisting in planning the program of visits and the collaboration of the municipal Tourism of Salou, Cambrils, Vila-seca / La Pineda Beach and Reus. They have chosen the Gold Coast to hold this event due to good corporate historical relationship that keeps this destination, where they recently collaborated, through the Provincial Tourism Office-making actions comàrqueting addressed his audience in the end. Also, on Tuesday evening held a dinner at La Boella with the assistance of the President of the Diputación de Tarragona, Josep Poblet, besides the councilors of the municipalities of Tourism and technical collaborators. During the ceremony was a presentation of their destinations and tourism products. Josep Poblet stressed the importance of tourism to the Russian Gold Coast and throughout the province, adding that the Tourism Council of Tarragona Province, there continue to gamble, since it is much appreciated by the market interest sample to know the whole territory. Poblet revealed ahead of tour operator contacts the Board has held in recent years with the ministries concerned il'ambaixador Spanish Russia to expedite the procedure for granting tourist visas. For his part, CEO of TUI-VKO, Natalia Golovlenkova, thanked the care and interest shown by the Tourism Council of Tarragona Province and the municipal Tourism of Salou, Cambrils, Vila-seca / La Pineda Beach and Reus. He especially wanted to thank the support of the commercial director of TUI Spain, Antoni Ros, and the manager of the Provincial Tourism Office, Octavio Bono. Golovlenkova said that fifteen years ago working with the Gold Coast and will continue, since this is a tourist destination "first order". He also stressed the satisfaction of Russian tourists for the services they receive from tourism professionals in the province of Tarragona. The Russian tourism in Costa Dorada In 2010 Catalonia was visited by some 374,000 Russian tourists. In the Gold Coast visitors from this market were a total of 1,500,000 overnight stays, representing 8% of the total area. The average stay of Russian tourists on the Costa Dorada is eleven nights. The Russian market is already the third source of foreign tourism in Costa Dorada, latest UK and France. From the Provincial Tourist Board carried out joint actions with Russian tour operators, given the growing importance of this market represents for the Costa Dorada. Thus, last March he attended the fair MITT in Moscow, together with the municipal Tourism Salou Reus Vila-seca/la Pineda Platja, Cambrils and Tarragona and Tarraco Romana. During the fair, representatives from the Gold Coast met with tour operator Tez Tours, Pegasus and TUI-VKO. With the latter dealt with details of the conference held this week at our destination. In addition, from the Provincial Tourism Board promoted actions comàrqueting with Russian tour operator Tez Tours, TUI-VKO sticking Neva Tours, Travel West, Council, Natalie Tours and Vremia, with an estimated investment of 130,000 euros.

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