Novi Sad Fair (; ) is an event management company located in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, Serbia, which organizes one of the largest agricultural

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s in Southeast Europe. Taking place every May in

, it is also one of the largest agricultural fairs in Europe, with approximately 600,000 visitors attending the event. Novi Sad Fair also organizes other shows, e.g. technology and finance, as well as congresses and exhibitions, which brings in a total of about one million visitors to the city each year.

Features

Novi Sad Fair owns a vast exhibition space, the size of the total area being 300,000 m² (240,000 m² outside and 60,000 m² inside). The company also has a newly built congress building, called the "Master Centre", which measures 2,700 m². Novi Sad Fair is a member of ''The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry'', ''International Congress & Convention Association'', ''The Exhibition Association of Southeast Europe'', ''World-Wide Business Centres Network'', and ''Central European Fair Alliance''.

History

The city of

was historically a popular place for traders. In the 19th century, it quickly became an important trading post, due to its location on the

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river and on the natural border between the

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and

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regions. Novi Sad is also situated in

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

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, which at the time was the most developed agricultural region in the then

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. It therefore became home to the country's first agricultural show in 1923, becoming international later on in 1930. In 1958, Novi Sad Fair became a member of an international fair organization and also gained a reputation for being the most important agricultural show in the then

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. Besides organizing the annual agricultural show, the company had held many other fairs over the years, dedicated to finance,

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, banking,

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, books,

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s, etc.

Exhibitions and Fairs

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Annual fairs Agricultural shows Agriculture in Serbia

Economy of Vojvodina

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Features

History

Exhibitions and Fairs

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