We travelled to the 51st ITB Berlin 2017, the world’s leading travel trade show, where Eleusis 2021 had its first international presence as European Capital of Culture for 2021, participating along with the Region of Attica in Greece’s showroom.
We met Eleni Dimopoulou, Executive Regional Councillor for Tourism Promotion of the Region of Attica and board member of Eleusis 2021, as well as Maria Pantelous and Athina Kolyva, with which we cooperated in order to promote the activities, the vision and the artistic programme of Eleusis 2021, to the professionals of cultural tourism and the general public who visited the exhibition.
Also, we talked to Ms Olympia Tsioulakis (Greek National Tourism Organisation in Germany) and investigated possible ways of cooperating so as to attract the German public to Eleusis. Meanwhile, among many other meetings with stakeholders and representatives, we met Mr Panagiotis Kouparanis, journalist of Deutsche Welle, who declared his support and assistance regarding the German media. Finally, we visited the impressive showrooms of this year’s European Capitals of Culture, Pafos and Aarhus.
At the world’s leading travel trade show, Eleusis takes its first steps in order to gradually acquire, not only a European, but an international dimension.
