Forty events held at Belgrade Fair in 2016 – Sale of goods and services amounts to around RSD 12.7 billion

The economic results of the operations of the Belgrade Fair in 2016 are estimated at RSD 12.7 billion in goods and services sold, whereas, last year, a total of 40 events with more than 680,000 visitors were held at the Fair.

– This year, there will be 48 fairs and exhibits – said Director General of the Belgrade Fair, Danka Selic. She added that “this is the year in which we celebrate 80 years since the foundation of the fair and we will try to confirm the slogan that this is ‘a place seen by the whole world’, as it is an ideal place for exchanging ideas and cooperating, as well as for creating new jobs”.

She added that, throughout the world, exhibitors and visitors spend EUR 98 billion at fairs and exhibits, making it clear how important fair institutions are for economy.

The director of the Industry Sector of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, Miroslav Lutovac, said that “the best way to see what the competition is up to is to hold fairs, as they provide the greatest degree of interaction between sellers and buyers”.

Deputy Mayor of Belgrade Andreja Mladenovic said that the double-digit growth of tourists in Belgrade would have been impossible without the Belgrade Fair.

– In addition to Sava Centar and the Belgrade Arena, the Fair is something indispensable to Belgrade, and it is our goal to work together on expanding the number of events, thereby attracting even more exhibitors and visitors – Maldenovic said.

Mladenovic added that “The Fair has 181 employees, but the number of jobs generated per event is over 1,700, whereas the number of job contracts per event is 700”.

Beogradski sajam doo Beograd

Privredna komora Srbije

Grad Beograd

Belgrade Fair operations

Danka Selic

CCIS

Miroslav Lutovac

Andreja Mladenovic

tourism in Belgrade