According to Sovetnik.Ru, May 28, the British Administration of Tourism VisitBritain with the participation of the Moscow representative agency Action Global Communications had second in this year’s meeting of Brit Group, on the corporate development of tourism in the UK. The event was attended by top managers of British Airways, The Capital Hotel and other major companies, representatives of Russian travel agencies and industry media.
«The number of Russian business visitors to the UK increased from 54 thousand in 2002 to 58 thousand in 2003. In addition, the total cost of businessmen from Russia during the same period increased respectively from 59 million to 83 million pounds », – noted Karin Tons manager for the development of business tourism VisitBritain, the British administration of tourism.
