Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre’s economic impact on Helsinki metropolitan area EUR 187 million – an increase of 46% compared to the previous year

In 2023, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre generated a revenue stream of EUR 187 million and 2,535 person-years of employment to the Helsinki metropolitan region. The corresponding figures for 2022 were EUR 128 million and 1,740 person-years. The results are shown in a calculation published by market research company Taloustutkimus.

– Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre has a significant economic impact on the entire surrounding area. Our economically and socially responsible business supports sustainable growth and provides, among other things, job opportunities for people from different backgrounds. At Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, we do socially significant business, as demonstrated by, among others, our growing impact on income and employment in the Helsinki metropolitan area,” says Anni Vepsäläinen, CEO at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.

Exhibitors and visitors at various fairs spend money on for instance restaurants, cafés, accommodation, travel and local shops. The economic impact figures do not take into account transactions made at exhibitions and their impact on the economy.

The study on the income and employment impact of exhibitions 2023 was commissioned by The Association of Trade Fair and Event Organisers in Finland and carried out by Taloustutkimus Oy.

Growth through encounters

In its strategy, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre has set sustainable growth as its main target. The growth strategy sets out the mission of growth through encounters.

– In practice, this means promoting our customers’ business, providing inspiration to our visitors and strengthening our business community in a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable way,” Vepsäläinen emphasises.

In 2023, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre hosted 61 trade fairs and 486 meetings, congresses and other special events. Last year also a completely new facility and service concept, the BÖLE Arena & Club, was launched. In 2023, more than 870 000 visitors attended the events organized at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.

The Global Exhibitions Day, organized by The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry UFI, will be celebrated on Wednesday 5 June. Read more: https://ged.eventmaker.io/en

Further information:
CEO Anni Vepsäläinen, +358 400 400 074, anni.vepsalainen@messukeskus.com

Information Specialist Antti Karjunen, +358 50 574 3444, antti.karjunen@messukeskus.com 

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