ITB Tourism Fair in Berlin canceled due to coronavirus

Germany’s ITB Tourism Fair has been canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus, organizers Messe Berlin GmbH said on Friday.

The fair was due to take place between March 4 and 8, with around 10,000 exhibitors scheduled to attend. It was called off following advice from Berlin’s health and economics ministries, and after its health authority asked organizers to impose stricter controls on potential visitors, Messe Berlin said, Reuters reports.

Every visitor would have had to prove to Messe Berlin that they had not traveled from a high-risk region, and to have had no contact with people from those regions. The event organizer said that those preconditions could not be met by Messe Berlin.

It was the second high-profile international trade fair to be canceled on Friday, following a decision by Swiss authorities to stop the Geneva car show.

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