Novi Sad Fair ( sr, Новосадски сајам, Novosadski sajam) is an event management company located in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; #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 ...

, Serbia, which organizes one of the largest agricultural fairs 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, Hajduk Veljkova, Novosadski sajam

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

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungar ...

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 province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capita ...

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

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

. 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, computing, banking,

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, books,

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s, etc.

Exhibitions and Fairs

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* {{Novi Sad, state=autocollapse 1923 establishments in Yugoslavia Event venues established in 1923 Fair Annual fairs Agricultural shows Agriculture in Serbia Fair Economy of Vojvodina Fair Fairs in Serbia

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