Growing in popularity

The three-day Spoga show in Cologne closed on 4 September. In spite of a slow start to the fair on the Sunday, Koelnmesse reported the number of visitors to be approximately six per cent higher than the attendance two years ago, when Spoga was staged for the first time without Gafa. Including estimates for the final day of the show, 27 500 trade visitors came to the International Trade Fair for Sport, Camping and Garden Lifestyle. 60 per cent of these came from abroad. In total, 1 547 companies from 56 countries exhibited on a floor area of 190 000 m².