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Organized with the purpose of responding to the needs of the sector and the projects mainly in Turkey and the region, the exhibition has been quite dynamic despite the global pandemic conditions. The exhibition was packed with visitors continuously throughout the 3-days, and all booths were almost always busy. And with all these advantages Atrax will continue to create new opportunities for all stakeholders, embrace the industry at the international level and improve our events via sustainable efforts and continue to bring you novelties.<\/p>\n The participating companies said that they were very satisfied<\/strong> with the visitor interest. There were visitors from all over the world. 241 companies participated in a total of 187 stands. 22,314 people visited the fair in 3 days from 43 countries.<\/p>\n \u2018We are happy to bring together the attraction and attraction sectors that have not come together for 2 years. The companies participating in the fair were very satisfied with the visitor interest. This sector is a sector with a great potential<\/strong> serving large projects. In the coming years, we will bring the sector together with much larger and international fairs\u2019<\/p>\n As part of the exhibition, we organized discussion panels offering valuable industry related information for participants.<\/p>\n A panel of individuals representing the most important nongovernmental organizations in the attraction and recreation industry took place place during the Atrax \u201922 exhibition.(Feb. 3-5)<\/strong> The second panel of individuals represented academics and industry representatives was held during the ATRAX \u201922 exhibition After a pause of two years, ATRAX Exhibition opened the doors, the international meeting point for the Attractions and Recreations Industry in Turkey, between 3-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"canale":[],"locator":[],"categorie":[618],"attributi":[],"regioni":[],"layout-nl":[],"location-features":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","categorie-events","content_type-articolo-eng"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nStarting from the first day of the exhibition, visitors which comprised mostly international professionals<\/strong> from the sector as well as investors, formed long lines at the gate. And this big interest in the exhibition continued even until the last day.<\/p>\n
\nTurkey has a certain geographical advantage over other countries as it is located at the intersection of target markets in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia<\/strong>, making it the ideal candidate to become a hub for the attractions, recreations and parks industry of the region.<\/p>\nNergis Aslan, President of Tureks International Fairs<\/h2>\n
\nThe panel were discussed topical questions during its session, \u201cWhat Direction Is the World Headed in the Attraction and Recreation Industry?\u201d
\nThe panel moderated by B\u00fclent G\u00fcrb\u00fcz, Founding President of REK\u00c7AD (Recreation Studies and Research Association).
\nSpeakers were from the representative industries:
\n\u2022 Mustafa Mertcan, Chairman of the Board and Tepea (Entertainment, Park, Recreation Association) Founding President
\n\u2022 \u015e\u00f6hret Paki\u015f, Tepea (Entertainment, Park, Recreation Association) Board Member
\n\u2022 Emily Popovich, Europe Sales and Business Development Vice President for Outdoor Factory America
\n\u2022 Tolga Ali\u015fo\u011flu, Europe Head of Sales and Business Development for Outdoor Factory America.
\nThe session was held on Thursday, Feb. 3, 14:00 at the Istanbul Expo Center.<\/p>\n
\nThe panel discussed topical questions during its session, \u201cThe Role of Parks in Child Development.\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe panel moderated by \u015e\u00f6hret Paki\u015f, head of International Committe of IPAR.
\nSpeakers during the panel:
\n\u2022 Prof. Dr. Elif Karag\u00fcn, Kocaeli University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, SBF Deputy Dean and Recreation Department Head
\n\u2022 Ebru Timur, KidZania Istanbul CEO
\n\u2022 Burak Ero\u011flu, IPAR Children’s Parks Commissioner
\n\u2022 Furkan Budak, IPAR Board Member.
\nThe session held on Friday, Feb. 4, 14:30 at the Istanbul Expo Center under the sponsorship of the Adventure and Playgrounds Association (IPAR). (IPAR was established at the initiative of industry representatives.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"