At present, business tourism is one of the leading highly-profitable and most dynamically developing branches of the world economy. Today, when every forth traveler makes his/her trip due to business needs, this is business tourism that enables people to get to know about new technologies, meet the investors, partners, suppliers and consumers of certain goods of services. Business trips ensure new ideas for business development. And from this viewpoint, Belarus is a new place in the map of business hospitality.

At all times Belarus was famous for its knack for receiving guests. But people come to this country not for having good time, but also for establishing business contacts. The Republic has got all which is necessary for establishing business and geographic location in the center of Europe, advancing economy, rich historical and cultural heritage, picturesque landscapes, high standard of hotel network and restaurant service.

Belarus proud of its image of one of the leading economic states in the post-soviet area. The Republic is represented in the world markets by such industrial giants as the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ), Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ), BelTyre, Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ). Light and food industries, metallurgy, machine-tool-construction, agro-industrial complex are developing dynamically. Economic potential of this country attracts many prospective business partners.

Advantageous geopolitical location of Belarus also contributes to business tourism development. Not only numerous trade fairs and exhibitions, but also international congresses, conferences and symposia of the highest level are held in Belarus annually. An active world policy player, Belarus uses to receive governmental delegations, political and state figures from different countries, representatives of the diplomatic corps and large foreign companies, world celebrities, sports and variety stars.

All conditions have been provided for conduct of any political, economic and cultural forums. Internal events, specialized national and international exhibitions of agro-industrial complexes, machine-tool-building, metal- and wood-processing industries are held regularly; presentations and seminars are organized.

A unique cultural and educational center of the Belarusian capital-city, symbol and pride of the Republic, the National Library Complex which has no analogues elsewhere in the world, is one of the most interesting place to conduct business forums. The library has been supplied with high-tech equipment. Its 25 floor gave shelter to 20 reading rooms and book depositories served with approximately 1500 computers. The library stock has about 14 million copies. Among them there are very rear editions (about 70 thousand): old printed books, manuscripts dated the XIV and XV centuries. The periodicals run to about 3 million magazines, newspapers published both recently and during the past century.

The library stock contains, and more than 122 thousand of documents on micro-media.

There is a restaurant and a snackbar, an internet-center, an international press-center, an Oval Hall, a conference hall for 450 seats in the building. Meetings of the highest level delegations took place there, including the meeting and sessions of the heads of EurAsEU member states. In addition, the library, called A diamond due to its original architectural design, has its sight area at height of 72 meters, wherefrom Minsk is in full view.

Many of the Belarusian hotels represent themselves in the service market as business-hotels, and direct their efforts toward business tourists. For those who care their time and ability to be well informed on the most important events, a wide range of communication services is rendered. The hotels and business centers provide equipped places for work in the internet; render computer services; ensure express-delivery of correspondence; grand rooms for negotiations on rent; offer secretarial services or services of professional interpreters, personal drivers; arrange for video filming and photography. The conference halls are equipped with the simultaneous interpretation systems.

In addition, business tourists are given visa support, booked air- and railway tickets, rendered transport and excursion services. After an intense busy day a businessman need good relaxation, as the both components are important in the “business tourism” phrase. Business tour to Belarus is a good chance to combine the useful and the pleasant. This contributes to both establishing business ties, and expanding one’s mental outlook.

The Belarusian tourist companies organize business tours for different purposes, from arranging conferences to visiting any exhibitions or certain enterprises, for the delegations and individual customers, as well as corporative tours. One should agree that a seminar or conference held in the business centers located in the Belarusian forest reserves, and combined with hunting or fishing, can only strengthen the corporate spirit of any team.