After two years of absence due to the pandemic, the Foire de Bordeaux is back from May 21 to 29. But on the fourth day of the event, the exhibitors are a little overwhelmed. If the organizers estimated an attendance of 200,000 people by the end of the event, and that there are indeed people in the aisles, this is less reflected in the cash registers of the exhibitors.
– Ines Alves-Chaineaud
” They look…and they look Comments Virginie sitting at her stand of scented candles. ” It’s complicated, they buy little. But for her first Bordeaux Fair, the young woman remains hopeful: “ regulars told us that we had to wait for the night and the public holiday. Mother’s Day should help too. This year it falls during the last weekend of the event, which should encourage strollers to take out their wallets a little more.
Josette and her friends are regulars at the Bordeaux Fair. ” It’s the release of the year. They recognize, however, that they no longer spend there as before: “ in the past we wanted a bench or a kitchen, we came to the fair! “But today, with their small retirement, the sexagenarians do not allow themselves any madness.