The biggest IT-exhibition of the world missed fifth of the visitors.

SyuzhetyVystavka CeBIT-200906.03.2009Tretego March at CeBIT Hanover Exhibition 2009KommentariiKantsler and terminator03.03.2009Angela Merkel and Arnold Schwarzenegger opened 2009V CeBIT 2009, the world's largest computer fair CeBIT in Hanover, visited more than 400 thousand people, 20 per cent lower than a year ago. This was reported in the press release the organizers of CeBIT 2009.
The largest number of visitors gathered at CeBIT 2001. So the exhibition was visited by more than 850 thousand people. Number of participants CeBIT 2001 exceeded eight thousand companies.
About 20 percent of visitors to CeBIT 2009 in Hanover came from other countries. Although the number of visitors from Asia in 2009 has decreased, the number of visitors from North and South America, as well as from the Middle East has increased.
CeBIT 2009 organizers emphasize that, despite the drop in attendance, the exhibition was a success last year. In particular, the number of business contacts established at CeBIT 2009, increased by 20 percent.
CeBIT, held from the third to the eighth of March. She opened the Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In 2009, CeBIT is in the area of 200 thousand square meters. The exhibition was attended by 4300 companies from 69 states that 25 per cent less than in 2008.