Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

A total of 16,831,764 people visited the fairs organized in 2015. In 2016, this number increased to 17,841,871. The number of foreign visitors visiting fairs organized in 2016 also increased to 518,140. A total of 503,415 foreign visitors visited the fairs organized in 2015.

In line with the increase in number of visitors and exhibitions, the number of stands opened in 2016 also increased compared to the previous period, totaling 66,691. In 2015, 62,786 companies opened stands.

In regards to the number of visitors, with 4,752,364 people, the fairs in the field of agriculture, greenhouse, livestock and technology came in first, with 3.3 million visitors, book and periodicals sector came in second. In third place, general fairs with 1,542,293 visitors.

The first in terms of the number of fairs, agriculture, greenhouse, livestock and technology sector with 62 fairs total. Heating, cooling, ventilation, natural gas and systems, construction materials, bathroom, kitchen, ceramics, hardware, hardware, installation fairs were followed by fairs in the field of education, training equipment and technologies with 30 fairs.