Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Hisarcıklıoğlu said in his message:

“We have once again seen that our fairs sector, which is one of the sectors most affected by Covid-19 pandemic, is vital to our economy.

The fairs sector plays a vital role in turning production into sales and growing the economy.

Our fairs sector, where thousands of people are employed, also makes a very important contribution in the fight against unemployment. In addition, fairs contribute positively to many different sectors of the cities where they are held, such as tourism, hospitality, transportation, catering, logistics.

Pandemics have put many components in the fairs sector in danger, and all fairs between 16 March and 1 July have been postponed due to the negative conditions experienced. I believe that our fairs sector, which has been affected by the protection measures taken during this period, will return to its old days as soon as possible with the support of our State and the initiatives of our Union.

We expect that the pandemic will bring a new order for fairs as well as in every sector. Whatever the next new order, fairs will not lose their role in the development of the economy.  With the resumption of fairs, economic life will surely be improved.

I strongly agree with the ‘Fairs are the key to restructuring the economy’ main theme for this year determined by the International Fairs Association and I believe that this message should be adopted as the main strategy in the process of normalization after pandemic.

With these thoughts, I celebrate the World Fair Day of the fair companies in our country working for the development of the fairs industry in Turkey.”