Frankfurt 2019: Big Crowds, Upbeat Industry, Social Purpose

Big Weekend Crowds Boost Attendance Figures If you thought the the 2019 Frankfurter Buchmesse seemed more crowded than last year, it wasn't your imagination. Security personnel imposed periodic crowd hold-backs on escalators and at major doorways and thoroughfares for safety and the numbers now prove why: Messe Frankfurt was packed.

Frankfurter Buchmesse reported that on the trade visitor days - Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 16, 17, and 18 - attendance was up 1.8 percent, even though the number of exhibitors actually declined a bit - from 7,503 exhibitors from 109 countries in 2018 to 7,450 exhibitors from 104 countries this year.