The Seychelles Tourism Board Manager for the Nordics market, Ms. Karen Confait kicked off the new year by attending the MATKA Trade & Consumer fair in Helsinki, Finland held from the 19th - 22nd January 2017. She was joined on the fair by STB’s Senior Marketing Executive Ms. Stephanie Lablache, Mrs. Christine Ozouf from Air Seychelles & representatives from Air Berlin, Ms Anna-Maria Kirchner, Mr Jan Anderstedt and Ms Laura Kaijanto.
Organized annually in January in Helsinki, Finland, Matka Nordic Travel Fair is the largest travel industry event in Northern Europe with more than 1000 exhibitors from 80 different countries participating.
Annually the event is visited by more than 50.000 consumers and almost 20.000 travel trade professionals.
Maonyesho ya siku 4 hufunguliwa kwa wataalamu wa biashara ya usafiri katika siku ya kwanza ikifuatiwa na umma mwishoni mwa wiki. Ni jukwaa bora mwanzoni mwa mwaka la kukutana na washirika wetu wa kibiashara wa ndani na kupanga mikakati ya kusonga mbele kwa mwaka uliosalia.
Matka imekuwa kwenye kalenda ya Bodi ya Utalii ya Ushelisheli kwa miaka 6 iliyopita na tumeona kuwa riba imeongezeka sana kwa mahali unakoenda. Tukiwa na eneo letu katika eneo la kitropiki la Sun & Sea, Shelisheli imekuwa maarufu miongoni mwa wageni, mamia walimiminika kwenye stendi mwishoni mwa juma ama wakitafuta sehemu mpya ya likizo ya kigeni au tayari amechagua Shelisheli na kuja kuuliza maelezo zaidi.
"Pamoja na mienendo mipya ya shirika la ndege kwenye soko, bila shaka tutaona ukuaji zaidi katika soko la Ufini mwaka huu, alisema Bi. Karen Confait, kama kikwazo kikuu cha biashara ya usafiri wa ndani ilikuwa ukosefu wa muunganisho mzuri wa ndege hadi marudio. Pamoja na Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines na Air Seychelles safari za ndege kupitia Düsseldorf, soko sasa linahudumiwa vyema na waendeshaji wengi wameanza matangazo na kampeni kadhaa na pia kusukuma vifurushi moja kwa moja kwa watumiaji wakati wa MATKA yenyewe.
