Belarus on the Map of Vipservice

A country of cornflowers and white storks, Belarus inspires poets and artists with its natural sites such as Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Białowieża Forest) and Polesye and places of military glory located in Minsk and Brest. Haunted medieval castles, ruins of once impregnable strongholds, Catholic and Orthodox churches—even in the most run-of-the-mill town of Belarus you will be able to find at least one building with a history worth writing a short story, if not a full-fledged romantic saga.

Minsk, the capital of the Republic of Belarus, is its industrial, cultural and research centre. The city is famous for the Trajeckaje Pradmiescie (Trinity Suburb) with its unique 16th–19th-century buildings as well as the Mound of Glory and the futuristic diamond-shaped National Library of Belarus.

Biletix.by

Vipservice's first partner project in Belarus was with Belarusian Railway, the country's national railway company that operates an extensive rail network and provides national and international rail transportation services. Since its launch in the Republic in 2017, Biletix has been successfully developing its online booking service with a focus on new online booking possibilities, instantaneous payment and issuance of rail shipping documents.

'When we were just about to enter the market of Belarus, we were told that it would be hard. The system of offline bookings via ticket offices at railway stations or via travel agencies is particularly developed in Belarus. Aware of the need to provide their passengers with new, up-to-date services, Belarusian Railway's top management invited us as their partner. We are expecting to sell over 100,000 rail tickets through Biletix.by and our partner network in 2019. Our experience tells us that our users have embraced this service and now we need to expand it with new products such as flight and hotel booking, insurance, information services and travellers' reviews and tips. It's the future of online travel agencies', explains Igor Konstantinov, General Director of Biletix.