Opportunities of development of congress tourism in the Moravian-Silesian Region are investigated in this paper. Congress tourism is one of the rising components of tourist industry. It may be influenced by many different factors, e.g. the number of complying accommodations, number and capacity of congress rooms, price of congress services etc. It is necessary to check out influence of these factors on congress tourism. Results of analysis of development of congress tourism can then be used to mapping of market opportunities, which can have positively impact on development of tourism in the Moravian-Silesian Region.