06.06.2018 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in a message regarding World Trade Fairs Day, stated that the fair organization plays a vital role in turning production into sales and growing the economy and stated that TOBB has carried out work with the industry for the healthy development of the exhibition industry.
Reporting that each year nearly 500 fairs held in Turkey, Hisarcıklıoğlu’s
message is as follows:
“Every June, one day is celebrated all over the world as ‘World Fairs
Day’ through efforts of the 36 members of the Global Fair Industry Association
(UFI).
The main purpose of celebrating the World Trade Fairs Day is to
highlight the positive contributions fairs have on the industry, trade,
innovation and local investments.
Fairs organized in different cities in our country with the attendance
of tens of thousands of companies host about 22 million visitors.
In our country, the fair sector provides a significant contribution to
the fight against unemployment by providing full-time and part-time employment
for thousands of people. Moreover, fairs contribute positively to many
different sectors such as tourism, hospitality, transportation, catering and
logistics.
On behalf of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Board,
I celebrate the World Fair Day of the fairs companies working for the
development of the exhibition industry in Turkey.”