- Novi Sad Fair
-
Novi Sad Fair (Serbian: Новосадски сајам, Novosadski sajam) is one of the largest fairs in the region. It's located in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is place of one of the largest agricultural fairs in Europe, which visit approx. 600,000 visitors annually and approx. a million visitors during the whole year on many exhibitions and fairs. [1]
Contents
Features
Total area of the Fair is 300,000 m²; 240,000 m² of open spaces and 60,000 m² indoors. Novi Sad Fair also has a newly built Congress building "Master Centre" of 2,700 m².
Novi Sad Fair is member of The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry,[2] International Congress & Convention Association,[3] The Exhibition Association of Southeast Europe,[4] World-Wide Business Centres Network,[5] and Central European Fair Alliance.[6]
History
Novi Sad was a popular place for traders, and due to its location on the Danube river and on the natural border between Bačka and Syrmia regions, Novi Sad quickly became important trading post for many traders in the 19th century. Novi Sad, being in the most developed agricultural region (Vojvodina) in then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, was home to the first agricultural show in 1923, and from 1930 fair became international.
In 1958, Novi Sad Fair became member of International organization for fairs and gain the reputation as the most important agricultural show in then SFR Yugoslavia. Besides annual agricultural shows, Novi Sad Fair over the years had organized many fairs, in finance, computing, banking, cars, books, medicine and pharmacy, etc.
Exhibitions and Fairs
Type of event Season 1 Media Fair March 2 International Fair of Furniture and Interior Equipment 'Ambienta' April 3 International Fair of Civil Engineering April 4 International Fair of motorcycles, bicycles and accessories "Moto Bike EXPO – Novi Sad" April 5 International Book Fair April 6 International Fair of School and Office Equipment 'SCHOOL & OFFICE EXPO' April 7 International Exhibition of Art 'ART EXPO' April 8 International Agricultural Fair May 9 International Fair of Medicine and Pharmacy 'PROMEDIKA' June 10 Exhibition of Dentistry Equipment and Scientific-Professional Gathering 'PROMODENTIS - NOVI SAD' June 11 International Fair of Hunting, Fishing and Sport September 12 International Fair of Nautical Equipment September 13 International Fair of Horticulture September 14 International Fair 'Eko-Svet' - Ecology, Medical Herbs And Water September 15 International Fair of Tourism October 16 Hotelkeeping and Catering October 17 Gastronomic Festival October 18 'Car Show - Novi Sad' October 19 Fair of Finance 'Finmar' November 20 Fair of Investment November 21 Power Supply, Electronics and Telecommunications November 22 Fair of Logistics November 23 Fair of Entrepreneurship November 24 International Exhibition of Jewellery, Watches and Optics 'SJAJ' November 25 New Year’s Sales Fair of Consumer Goods December See also
References
- ^ About agricultural fair in 2006 (in Serbian)
- ^ http://www.ufi.org/
- ^ http://www.iccaworld.com/
- ^ http://www.ease.rs/
- ^ http://www.wwbcn.ch/
- ^ http://www.kaerntnermessen.at/cefa/
External links
Categories:- 1923 establishments
- Annual fairs
- Agricultural shows
- Agriculture in Serbia
- Tourism in Novi Sad
- Buildings and structures in Novi Sad
- Companies of Serbia
- Economy of Novi Sad
- Fairs in Serbia
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.