{"id":7495,"date":"2021-06-02T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veronafiere.it\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2021-06-02T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:50:48","slug":"global-exhibition-day-ged2021-this-is-why-the-restart-is-a-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veronafiere.it\/en\/news\/global-exhibition-day-ged2021-this-is-why-the-restart-is-a-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Exhibition Day #GED2021 – This is why the restart is a duty"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much has the one year stoppage cost the global trade fair system<\/strong>? More than 325\u00a0billion euros<\/strong> in 2020, between missed business opportunities and lost allied trade in local areas. A figure corresponding to 68% of total losses compared to 2019.<\/p>\n

This is the figure we recall on the Global Exhibition Day<\/strong> organized by UFI <\/strong><\/a>– the World Exhibition Industry Association – to emphasize once again the strategic importance of\u00a0our sector in supporting the resumption<\/strong> of economies badly hit by the pandemic. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Trade fairs have and will continue to be an essential tool in the industrial policy<\/strong> of all advanced countries. They promote trade and generate business<\/strong>. They connect people, cultures and ideas<\/strong> from every corner of the world.<\/p>\n

74% of companies and operators, despite the boom in online events, webinars and Zoom meetings, agree that shows attended in person will be just as important in the future. And 35% believe they will become even more effective in the post-pandemic scenario.<\/p>\n

“Trade fairs are a fundamental engine for restarting economies,” said Maurizio Danese<\/strong>, President of 17勛圖. \u201cThis is why we must now reconnect the communities and markets in the industrial supply chains we represent safely in order to rebuild the value chain broken by Covid19 as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

A value chain that, expressed as numbers<\/strong>, every year worldwide generates on average:<\/p>\n