INTERNATIONAL
Texcare International 2016 closed last week with a 10% increase in the number of international visitors, according to organisers Messe Frankfurt.
While the overall number of trade visitors remained stable at 15,700 visitors (compared with 15,650 in 2012), almost 9,000 came from outside Germany (from 8,045 previously).
The visitors travelled to Texcare International from 112 countries this year compared with 101 countries in 2012.
After Germany, the top visitor nations included Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria and Poland. Outside Europe, the USA, Japan, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, China and India ranked among the biggest visitor nations.
Overall, the proportion of international visitors from outside Europe rose from 15% to 22% with the largest non-European growth coming from Argentina and Kazakhstan.
