Despite the political change in Thailand a week prior to the show, the Bangkok International Fashion Fair and Bangkok International Leather Fair 2006 (BIFF&BIL 2006) achieved a record trade figure of US$6 by Thai exhibitors of textile, garment and leather goods.
This revenue reflects a 474 percent increase over that of last year's event. The joint fairs, organized by the Department of Export Promotion (DEP), were held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center (BITEC) during September 27 – October 1, 2006.
It was at first feared that the overseas traffic to the fairs would hugely drop due to the worldwide news on the political take-over, and travel warning issued by some governments. Nevertheless, the BIFF&BIL 2006 total number of overseas trade and buyers of 1,311 showed only a 2.96 percent drop compared to the 2005.
A big increase in attendance from South Africa (+75 percent), Vietnam (+68.42 percent), UK (+35 percent) and Malaysia (+33.85 percent) was recorded. In addition, the numbers of visitors from the USA, India, Germany and France all increased over 18 percent.
Among the international visitors, many were representatives from world leading fashion houses and designer brands such as Byblos, Ungaro Fever, Rocco Barocco Jeans, Fendi Jeans, Marlboro Classics, Murphy & Nye and Vivienne Westwood.
831 booths showcased the latest designs in apparel, leather and accessories fashion from 465 companies not only from Thailand, but also from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam, taking up over 20,000 square meters of BITEC.
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