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The organizers announced that the international Geneva Motor Show with more than a century of history is closing forever . The reason given is the decline in interest on the part of automakers in the event, which once could not be missed. However, the exhibition in Qatar will take place in 2025.
The first auto show in Geneva took place in 1905 and attracted 17 thousand visitors, two more salons took place before the break due to the economic crisis and the First World War. The event resumed in 1923 and peaked in 2005 with nearly 750,000 visitors.
The COVID pandemic interrupted the show for four years. When the salon returned earlier this year, there were 37 exhibitors and 168,000 attendees—significantly down from 2019, the year before COVID, when there were 602,000 attendees and 184 exhibitors.
Alexandre de Senarklens, president of the standing committee of the foundation behind the event, says the show's eventual cancellation was an “extremely sad decision.”
“The lack of interest of manufacturers in the Geneva Salon in a difficult industrial context, competition from Paris and Munich exhibitions that favor their national industries, and the level of investment required to support such an exhibition are damaging the last blow.”
The organizers said they had asked the cantonal authorities to dissolve the foundation.
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“There is too much uncertainty surrounding the auto industry and the diminishing appeal of major European trade shows to risk investing further into the future,” the organization said in a statement.
But the Qatari offshoot of the exhibition “continues its journey” after a successful first attempt last year, the statement said. The next Geneva Qatar International Motor Show will be held in Doha in November 2025.
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