Travel fairs 2009: Brussels/Antwerp

A brandnew touristic season and year starts in January! Not only a brandnew year with good intentions ( Intentions we all want to fulfil of course ;)), but a year which starts with several travel fairs, in Belgium known as Brussels and Antwerp. Now, what may we expect of these fairs?

Antwerp: The travel fair in Antwerp will take place at 23th January until 29th January, mostly from 10 til 18 h. The guest country will be Tunesia. One of the biggest fairs of Belgium will this year attract many customers as well, although, let's hope so. There will be more then 600 exhibitors, and neighbouring countries as well as far away destinations are represented on this meeting of salesmen- and women, and potential buyers.

Brussels: Travel fair Brussels, a magnificent spot to see the destinations/touroperators/airlines... who offer interresting actions and show their new brochures. Italy is the guest country of this year, it opens at 5 and ends at 9 February. Every day from 10 until 18 h. For a client it really is worth to see, or just to walk around.

Now, will these fairs attract a lot of people? Probably they will attract at least the number of visitors they had last year. But why, we are in a crisis?! Because people don't buy that fast on these fairs, most of the time, they don't buy at all. Visitors don't feel obliged to buy. They come to watch, and for many of them it just is an argument to be already in the holidayatmosphere. So that's why they come and feel good when walking through the aisles. Representatives have the oppurtunity to attract those visitors with interestingprices, actions and reductions.

Let us hope this will be a good announcement of a good year for the touristic industry in general !