Export Support Center of Murmansk Region, Tourism Information Center of Murmansk Region and Official Tour Operator Aurora Xplore with support of Salvia Group organized Murmansk Business Mission (Russian Federation) from Dec 6-11, 2021.
Indian travel companies took part in a reverse Business Mission in the Murmansk region, the Arctic region of Russia. Business Mission started as FAM trip. This is the third FAM trip organised with the support of Salvia Group and good numbers of Indian tourists have started to visit this beautiful region.
The delegation from India included 5 travel companies: Salvia Travel, Ebix Travel & Holidays, Travel Boutique Online, Nix Tour India and Jetchoice Tours & Travels. The Mission participants got acquainted with the northern region tourist product, conducted inspection trips and met with local tour operators.
We visited many Local attractions, monuments, hotels, cottages, restaurants and other and indulged in many activities like husky sledge, reindeer sledge, snow mobile riding and fishing etc, said Y S Rawat Head Corporate sales & Operations, Salvia Travels.
Representatives of travel companies visited the largest city beyond the Arctic Circle – Murmansk, the coast of the Barents Sea in Teriberka, got acquainted with the life and traditions of the indigenous people of the North – the Sami and visited a modern ski resort in Kirovsk.
On December 11, a cooperation agreement was signed with the Tourist Information Center of the Murmansk Region and a B2B meetings with local tour operators were held, which resulted in the signing of framework agreements.
Murmansk is a gateway to the Arctic and is the biggest city in the world on Arctic Circle with population of above 3 million. Murmansk welcomed 4 million tourism in 2019.
