EXPOLIBRO 2007 RECEIVED MORE THAN 260,000 VISITORS DURING THE 10 DAYS OF THE FAIR

The International Book Fair in Ecuador, which took place from July 6 to 15, wishes to make it known to the public that, now that the preliminary tally is over, the number of visitors has exceeded all possible expectations for a cultural event of this type in the country.  In fact, it broke the Expolibro 2006 record of 141,287 visitors.  This year, the fair received more than 260,000 visitors.  Actually, on Sunday afternoon it was impossible to control the entrance of visitors, and the access doors were forced to be opened.

This multiplying effect happened because of a diverse and rich cultural program in which the participation of the most important national entities who work in the literary and artistic fields were the highlights.  Another important factor was the endorsement of CERLAC-UNESCO, an important institution on the international level. 

Our organization extends thanks to the national press for the massive free of cost diffusion that this event received.  In this way, thousands of people had the opportunity to get closer to literature, art and constructivist thinking.    

The program was an organized schedule of events that were carried out during the fair.  In its second edition, the program, which had just a slight margin of error, was supervised by a group of 16 people and more than 150 students who belong to the University of Guayaquil – FACSO and the Department of Tourism and Hotel Services of the Catholic University.  We extend our gratitude to all of these people for their support. 

Important information has been established in terms of levels of reading, purchasing books and visitor interest for content and setup of each stand. 

With regards to the last point, preliminary data shows the rating of the 10 best stands.   This information was taken from a survey.

Best Stand
23.33 % Mr. Books

2nd place             
10.43 % Librería Científica (Scientific Book Store)

3rd place
8.10 % Librería Vida Nueva (New Life Book Store)

4th
6.69% Vistazo

5th
5.60% Librimundi

6th
5.49% Editorial Océano (Ocean Publishing House)

7th
5.22% Ecuavisa

8th
4.40% El Universo

9th
4.40% Librería Cristiana (Christian Book Store)

10th
3.27% City of Guayaquil              

23,07% Distributed amongst other stands

100,00%  Total

Various visitors and presenters agreed that the fair is an event that unites art, culture, literature as well as diverse artistic activities.  It also permits the analysis of different talks in a space that must remain in time.
HoritzoGrup, the business that organizes EXPOLIBRO, has officially set the date for the next International Book Fair in Ecuador: July 4-13, 2008.  We will start working next Monday, July 16, on the upcoming edition, which is expected to improve every year.

We reiterate our appreciation and respect for the Organizing Committee, all of the people that visited the fair and the media.

For further information, please contact:   
MARCELA HOLGUÍN
Expolibro 2008  PUBLIC RELATIONS
Gral. Elizalde 119  and  Pichincha 
Office 5-1
2530994-0990766137