I-Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT) yabanjwa ngo-Matshi 18-21, 2009 e-Expocentre, eMoscow. Kwiminyaka eyi-16 edlulileyo, i-MITT ibe yenye yemiboniso ehamba phambili yokuhambahamba kwihlabathi.
Kulo nyaka, inani leendawo kwi-MITT linyuke laya kwi-157, kwaye malunga neenkampani ze-3,000 zithathe inxaxheba kumboniso. Entsha
ababonisi baquka iColombia, iCosta Rica, iJapan, iPanama, iMacao, neSiqithi saseHainan. ULuis Madrigal weBhodi yabakhenkethi yaseCosta Rica wonwabe kakhulu ngentshayelelo yokuqala yenkampani yakhe kwimarike yaseRussia esithi, “Le yinkampani yethu.
okokuqala kulo mboniso wokuhamba kunye nokhenketho, kwaye sibona amathuba amaninzi kwimarike yaseRashiya. Kubekho umdla omkhulu kwindawo esisingise kuyo.”
Ababonisi abaninzi abaqhelekileyo bandise ubungakanani beendawo zabo zokumisa, kubandakanya iDubai, iSri Lanka, iIndonesia, neFiji. Esi siganeko satsala abantu abangama-85,741.
Kulo nyaka, iDubai yaba yindawo esemthethweni yokuya kuyo i-MITT. Kwintetho yakhe kumsitho wokuvula ngokusemthethweni, u-Eyad Ali Abdul Rahman waphawula ukuba, ngenxa yokwanda kokuvezwa kwi-MITT kulo nyaka uphelileyo, inani labakhenkethi baseRussia kunye neCIS eDubai linyuke nge-15 ekhulwini. Ekupheleni komsitho weentsuku ezine, ugxa wakhe, uSergey Kanaev, wathi: “Indawo yaseDubai ityelelwe ngoochwephesha abahambahambayo abangaphezulu kwe-10-15 ekhulwini kunonyaka ophelileyo. Ngokucacileyo, ukwanda komdla wobuchwephesha kumboniso kumiselwa lutshintsho kwimarike kunye neenzame zeenkampani zokufumana iindlela ezintsha zokuphuhlisa kunye nokwahlula imisebenzi yazo. Kodwa eyona nto iphambili yayikukuba ishishini lezokhenketho laseRussia liwagcinile amandla alo, nto leyo yabonakaliswa ngokucacileyo kumboniso wasentwasahlobo.”
Ngexesha lenkomfa edibeneyo, u-Hisham Zaazou, usekela-sihlalo webhodi ye UNWTO amalungu adibeneyo, wanika uqikelelo lwakhe lophuhliso lokhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele, ephawula ukuba nangona ukwehla okunokwenzeka kokufika kwabakhenkethi ngo-2009-2010, inani lilonke kufuneka libe phezulu kakhulu kuno-2005-2006, ngenxa yophuhliso olukhawulezayo lwe ishishini kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.
Umsasazi womsitho uMaria Badakh wathi: “Impumelelo yalo mboniso kunye nenani labantu abanomdla abaqhagamshelana nabo baye babonwa ngumboniso ocacileyo wokuba abantu baseRashiya basenawo umnqweno wokukhenketha. Yethu
ababonisi basixelela ukuba iRussia yimarike enomtsalane kakhulu ngenxa yexesha kunye nemali abantu baseRussia abadla ngokuyichitha kwiholide. Uninzi lwababonisi bethu baceba ukuqhubeka okanye ukwandisa umsebenzi wabo kwimarike,
ukuze xa intlekele iqhubekile, baya kufumana isabelo esikhulu semarike. Ingxelo evela kubabonisi bethu kulo nyaka isinika isizathu sokuba sibe nethemba kakhulu malunga nomboniso wonyaka ozayo, kwaye abaninzi sele benawo
baphinde baphinda babhalisele umboniso wonyaka ozayo ukuze baqinisekise ukuba abaphoswa!”