Balttour 2023 launching tomorrow!

The Balttour 2023 international travel fair will open this Friday, 3 February. For three days in Ķīpsala, travellers will choose, plan, and purchase trips, while industry professionals will network and forge new partnerships. Everyone who loves to travel will come together once again!

We invite you to the official opening ceremony of Balttour 2023, which will take place on the stage of Hall 2, on 3 February, at 11:00.

The participants of the ceremony will include:
Ilze Indriksone, Minister of Economics
Giovanni Chessa, Minister of Tourism of Sardinia
Federico Palmieri, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Italy in Latvia
Martins Gauss, airBaltic Board Chairman
Fredis Bikovs, Head of Riga Investment and Tourism Agency.
Iveta Strupkāja, Deputy Director of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency in charge of export
Ēriks Lingebērziņš, Head of the Association of Latvian Travel Agents and Operators (ALTA).
Viesturs Tīle, BT 1 Board Chairman

The recipients of the Person of the Year in Tourism 2020–2022 award will be announced at the end of the ceremony.

Planning a trip? Make plans for Balttour, too!
The Balttour 2023 fair is coming again to the Ķīpsala International Exhibition Centre, on 3–5 February. More than 300 companies from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Germany, Costa Rica, Hungary, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic, Indonesia, and other countries will be there for you to discover lands near and far. The event’s guests will also be able to visit the collective national booths of Georgia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Montenegro. The travel companies and the Tourism Information Centres of Latgale, Zemgale, Vidzeme, Selija, and Kurzeme will present their regions’ top destinations and news at the fair. All in one place: good prices, broad variety, great mood! For more, visit: www.balttour.lv

Balttour 2023 official travel destination: Sardinia
We also encourage you to come to the official opening ceremony of the Sardinian exhibition (booth H6), at 12:15. Giovanni Chessa, the minister of tourism of Sardinia, and Davide Crognaletti, the head of Cagliari Airport, will open the island’s booth at the fair.
Sardinia: More than just the sea!

At 12:30, the Suburban Riga Tourism Association will be happy to see you at the opening of the EXIT RIGA booth, while at 13:15, TEZ TOUR Latvia will launch the Summer Season 2023 programme.

Balttour is organised by the Association of Latvian Travel Agents and Operators (ALTA), and managed by the BT 1 international exhibition company.


Event hours:
3 February: 10:00–13:00 (Professionals hours)
3 February: 13:00–18:00
4 February: 10:00–18:00
5 February: 10:00–17:00