1、ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EXHIBITIONS IN THAILAND2019W W W.O X F O R D E C O N O M I C S.C O MPrepared for:Thai Exhibition Association2TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive summary3Section 1:Exhibitions volume and direct spending8Section 2:Economic impact of exhibitions12Section 3:Methods16EXECUTIVE

2、SUMMARY4To quantify the economic significance of the global exhibition industry,Oxford Economics has prepared a comprehensive model of global exhibitions activity that references recent studies on their economic significance.The results were part of the study,“Global Economic Impact of Exhibitions”,

3、which was released in April 2019 and showed the scope of the global exhibition sector in terms of direct spending and jobs,as well as the total impacts of exhibitions in the broader economy.As part of this analysis,Oxford Economics took the following steps:Analysed existing data on exhibitions maint

4、ained by UFI,including net square meters sold,visitors,and exhibitors;Analysed historic data on the exhibition industry maintained by UFI and referenced published studies on exhibition impacts in 13 countries,as well as third-party industry data across more than 180 countries;Developed an econometri

5、c model of the relationship between economic and travel-industry data sets and exhibition industry impacts to estimate exhibition activity in countries in which the exhibition industry has not been previously quantified;andCombined the results of existing studies and modeled relationships to prepare

6、 global estimates.Previous country-level analyses of exhibitions activity accounted for more than three-quarters of the estimated global total,providing a solid research foundation.Executive SummaryBased on the country-level modeling in the global economic impact analysis released in April 2019,Oxfo