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International Luxury Travel Market 2013 (ILTM) will be held December 2-5, 2013 in Cannes (France). The exhibition is designed for professionals in the tourism business, which organizes luxury tourist trips. Access to tourism exhibition is open only for professional and by invitation only.

The global economy continues to be in crisis. In tough economic times (as it usually happens) the poor are getting poorer and the rich richer. Therefore, travel companies at this time pay more attention to serve the richest clients.

Every culture, every nation has its own fantasies and fairy tales, through the metaphor reflecting the environment, nature. Mankind has always sought to convey his ideas about nature and the environment through a fairy tale. In 2014, the famous Venice Carnival devoted to the topic of relations between people and the environment expressed through fantasy and fairy tales: the forest, valleys, seas, mountains, mysterious animal and vegetable beings inhabiting them.

The Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi 2014 published details of Olympic Torch Relay route.
The Olympic flame will light in Greece. October 6, 2013 it will be delivered to Moscow. Olympic torch relay kicks off in Russia October 7, 2013. The relay will last 123 days and will run through 2900 settlements from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. In the relay will involve 14,000 torchbearers.

Places where will carry the Olympic flame:

• Museum "Kizhi" in the Republic of Karelia.

Tourism in Greece statistical information 2012.
Greek population is 10.8 million people (2011).

The total number of foreign tourists visiting Greece is 15.5 million people.
Number of hotels (places in hotels) - 9670 (771271).

Tourists from countries:
(Tourists from what countries usually come to Greece.)

• Germany - 2.1 million people (13.6%).
• UK - 1.92 million. (12.4%).

Moscow will host the World Championships in Athleticsfrom 10 to 18 August. This will be the biggest championship in historyf. A large number of athletes from different countries will come to Moscow to participate in the competition. Competitions will take place at the "Luzhniki" stadium. Volunteers of the 2014 Olympic Games in Moscow will take part in organization of the competition.

Tourism is one of the most important sectors of the economy of many countries. Most countries are trying to attract more tourists. For what purpose they do it? The main purpose of any country is to get as much money from visiting the country tourists, to provide jobs and sources of income for its citizens and to supplement the budget. Britain is one of the most popular tourist destinations of the world.

Russia has conducted many international competitions in recent years. Major sporting events will take place in the future: the 2014 Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree in order to do participating in these competitions more convenient.

In accordance with the decree of the President of Russia:

National Travel & Tourism Week is traditionally held in the US in the first full week of May. First Tourism Week was held in 1984. The "National Tourism Week" will be held from 4 to 12 May in 2013. This event is held in order to activate development of tourist business.

This week, the various states and cities of America are organizing various activities in order to increase the number of tourists, the number of trips.

Tourism brings significant revenue in the budgets of many cities and countries. But there are many who want to get from tourists even more. Berlin administration decided to impose a tax on tourists recently. The so-called city tax is five percent of the cost of living in hotels, hostels and campsites. Those who rent apartments on his journey in Berlin will also pay more.

Russia seeks a long time to achieve for visa-free travel for Russian citizens traveling to Europe. Today, the Russian media published information that the visa will be canceled no later than 2015. After the abolition of visas for Russian citizens will be able to travel more often to many European countries, and the inhabitants of these European countries will be able to freely travel to Russia.