CITExpo Sees Record Setting Crowd

Citexpo 2014 opened its doors today to what looks like will be record breaking numbers of visitors by the end of the week. According to Reliable Exhibitions (the show organiser), China International Tire Expo, as it is more formally known, saw at least 5,200 visitors pass through the doors of the Shanghai Everbright Exhibition Centre during the course of the opening day. Inside, visitors found large, modern stands from the show’s 348 exhibitors (up 13 on last year’s total) spread across four halls for the first time in the show’s 12-year history.

To put this into perspective, the 2013 show (the 11th edition of Citexpo, which was held in the same venue in Shanghai), attracted 7,303 visitors during its whole three days. This number represented a slight rise in attendance over 2012 and Reliable said that 4,263 visitors, or 58 per cent of the total, came from outside China. Bearing in mind that Citexpo had already achieved at least two-thirds of its 2012 total towards the end of the first day, it looks very likely that the 2014 event will indeed be a record breaking show.