OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR (ITB) IN BERLIN
On Tuesday the 8th March 2016 the International Tourism Fair (ITB) opened with a reception for invited guests. H.E. Sitona Abdalla Osman, the diplomats working at the Embassy and Mr. Baak Baak Ruonrach, adviser to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, attended the reception. The public opening of the tourism fair followed on Wednesday the 9th March 2016.
The ITB takes places annually in Berlin and is one of the world’s largest tourism fairs. This year’s partner country was the Maldives. The trade fair closed on Sunday the 13th March 2016. The Embassy represented South Sudan at its booth to convey a positive image of the country and to help build the nascent tourism industry in South Sudan.