OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2012. Matka 2012, the largest international tourist exhibition, was held on January, 19-22 in Helsinki, Finland. The venue for the fair was Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre.

As a tradition, the Republic of Karelia, being one of the leaders among tourist destinations in the Northwest of the Russian Federation, took part in this most significant Nordic Travel Fair.

At the organizational and financial support of the Ministry of the Republic of Karelia of Youth Affairs, Physical Training, Sports and Tourism, Karelia was presented at the exhibition by a uniform exposition which area was 12 square meters at the all-Russian stand. The Russian stand also presented the Republic of Komi, the Arkhangelsk, Pskov, and Novgorod regions, and St.-Petersburg.

The travel products and offers were presented by the Marcial Waters Spa (Kondopoga region), Intourist-Petrozavodsk Joint-Stock Company, Tourholding Karelia, Ltd., Nordic Travel, Ltd., country clubs of Gardarika (Sortavala region) and Big She-Bear (Medvezhiegors region), Aegis, Ltd. (Sortavala region). Such tourist companies as KOLMAS Karelia, Ltd. (Sortavala region), Druzhba, Ltd. (Olonets region) and Korela Travel Bureau, Ltd. worked at stands of the Finnish partners.

Participants of the Karelian exposition have pointed out that many visitors have taken a keen interest in the offers of travel agencies from Karelia.