As the Frankfurter Buchmesse comes to a close today (October 14), organizers are reporting that the 70th iteration of the book fair, ranked as the world's largest trade show for the books industry, "ended with an increase of 0.8 percent in visitors at the weekend"-the public-facing part of the week-"and a slight decrease of 1.8 percent during the trade visitor days," which are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
A total 285,024 visitors are reported being counted at the 2018 fair, as compared with 286,425 in 2017, representing a relatively flat level of participation year-over-year, a 0.5-percent decline from last year.