Fairs and events of the Essen Fairgrounds accounted for 7,500 jobs in 2008

According to recent calculations of the Ifo Institute, the visitors and exhibitors at the Essen Fairgrounds spent a total of €410 million at fairs and exhibitions in 2008. The city of Essen profited the most, to the amount of more than €170 million, but a considerable sum (€103 million) also went to other parts of North-Rhine Westphalia. Total spending of foreign and domestic conference participants and event visitors was €67 million in 2008. The aggregate economic output effects that this triggered enabled 7,500 to be employed in Germany.