Business tourism

Today business tourism is one of the most leading, highly profitable and the most dynamically developing branches of world economy. Today, when every forth person travels because of a business exigency, exactly business tourism gives the possibility to get acquainted with the latest technologies, meet investors, partners, suppliers and customers. Business trips give new business development ideas. And Belarus is a new point on the business entertainment map.

Belarus is proud of its image of one of the leading economic nations on the post-Soviet area. On world markets the republic’s business card includes such manufacturing giants as MAZ, MTZ, BelAZ, BelShina, BMZ. Light and food industries, metal industry and machine tool industry, agribusiness industry are actively developing. The economic capacity of the country attracts many prospective business partners into Belarus.

An important geopolitical position of Belarus also contributes to the business tourism development. Yearly not only numerous trade exhibitions and expositions but also international congresses, conferences and symposiums of the highest level are carried out in the country. Being an active participant of the world economy, Belarus regularly receives governmental delegations, political and state representatives of different countries of the world, diplomatic corps and huge foreign companies’ representatives, world celebrities, sport and entertainment stars.

The complex of the National library, which has no analogue in Europe, has become a unique cultural-educational center of the belarusian capital, a symbol and pride of the republic and one of the most interesting places for business-forums arrangement. The library is equipped with the latest technologies. 20 reading halls and book storages, which are served by about 1500 computers, are located on 25 stories. The library funds estimate about 14 million copies. Among them there are very rear editions (about 70 thousand) – black-letter books, manuscripts that date back to XIV and XV centuries. Periodicals make about 3 million magazines, newspapers that have been printed recently or during the whole last century. Library collections have about a million foreign editions, more than 122 thousand documents on micromedia.

Many belarusian hotels set themselves up on the market of hospitability services as business-hotels and are geared to business tourists. For those who value their time and the opportunity to keep track of important events a vide range of communication services is provided. Hotels and business-centers of the republic are equipped with places for the work on the Internet, they provide computer services, correspondence overnight delivery, there’s also an opportunity to rent premises for negotiations, the help of highly-qualified secretaries and professional translators, personal drivers is provided, photo and video-shooting is organized. Conference halls are equipped with a simultaneous interpreting system.

Apart from this, business tourists are provided with visa support, air and railway booking, transport services and sightseeing organization. After a busy day a businessman needs a proper rest because both compounds of the phrase “business tourist” are essential. A business trip to Belarus is a great opportunity to combine the useful with the pleasant. It is not only a means of business connections establishment, but also a way to broaden the scope.

Belarusian tour operators organize business trips of different themes and purposes (from conference organization to exhibition or specific enterprise visiting) for delegations and domestic customers as well as corporate visits. You should admit that a seminar or a conference held in business centers of belarusian reserves and combined with hunting or fishing will only strengthen the team spirit.