BIT Milan Tourism Fair
February 19 - 22, 2009
BIT: RECORD NUMBERS IN 2008 CONFIRMS THE EVENT’S
LEADERSHIP OF THE TOURIST MARKET
155,000 total visitors including 108,500 members of the tourist trade, 20,500 of which from
around the world. More than 5,000 companies represented, from as many as 152 different nations.
Milan, 25 February 2008 – Breaking every record, the 28th BIT, which ended yesterday at the fieramilano Rho trade fair complex, continues to stand out as the standard-setting tourism fair in Italy and the world.
After opening last Thursday in the presence of high-ranking government representatives, Italy’s top tourism event did even better than last year: 155,000 total attendance (+3% over 2007); 108,500 were professional visitors and 20,500 of them came from abroad.
BIT is therefore even more international than ever. The over 5,000 companies came from 152 nations around the world, including exciting new entries, such as Togo, Abu Dhabi, Nicaragua, Haiti, Belgium Tourism-Flanders, Belarus, Bhutan, Mali, .