Frankfurt Book Fair Attracts 180,000 Attendees

The Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two., held last week from Wednesday to Sunday, released its preliminary attendance numbers. A press release stated that 93,000 trade visitors attended the fair this year, up from 36,000 in 2021. In addition, 87,000 members of the public came to the fair, compared with 37,500 in 2021. This brings the total attendees to a total of 180,000 people. The number is up compared with 2021, but is still half the number of recorded attendees compared with the last pre-pandemic year of 2019, when the organizers recorded organizers reported 302,267 total visitors.