Almost a quarter of a million visitors at last Muba
The 103rd and final edition of Muba came to a close on Sunday in Basel. Nearly a quarter of a million visitors attended the final edition of the oldest public trade fair.
"This is a great result for the Dernière and we are overwhelmed that so many people said goodbye to Muba," Sabrina Oberländer, head of communications at Muba, said, according to the release.
At the closing ceremony, among other things, the Muba guest book was officially presented to the Basel Historical Museum, before a toast to 103 years of history was made at the closing party.
The Swiss Sample Fair was launched in the spring of 1917 as a national exhibition. In the meantime, with the many shopping centers and online shopping, Muba had "fallen out of time", Ulrich Vischer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MCH Group, had said at the opening of the Dernière on 8 February.
The MCH Group, which has run into difficulties due to fundamental changes in the exhibition and event industry, decided last year to discontinue Muba and the public exhibitions Züspa in Zurich and Comptoir in Lausanne. Muba had been suffering from a decline in the number of visitors for years. In 2018, around 124,000 visitors had still been counted. (SDA)
