The largest number of visitors ever to visit the Seoul International Sports and Leisure Industry Exhibition (SPOEX) in 2025 will be held
May 13, 2025
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This performance-sharing event, held at the Seoul Olympic Parktel on the 12th, is Korea's largest sports industry comprehensive fair, and was organized to share the achievements of 'SPOEX 2025' held at COEX in Seoul in March to discuss future improvement measures.
The performance sharing event was attended by officials from major exhibition companies such as DT Plus and Brojay, as well as related organizations such as the Korea Body Building Association and the Korea Underwater Swimming Association, including co-host Sports Corporation and the Korea International Trade Association, and presented various opinions to create a better exhibition.
According to the performance sharing meeting, a total of 319 sports companies participated in the 'SPOEX 2025 to showcase cutting-edge products and technologies, with about 43,000 visitors, up 35.6% from the previous year (32,000).
In particular, it was well received by visitors with the participation of representative professional sports events such as soccer, baseball, basketball, and volleyball, which were newly introduced this year, and the Special Hall for Sports Enterprises (SPO-TECH) created by 14 innovative Korean companies that participated in or won the CES fair in Las Vegas, the United States, which is leading global industrial trends. In addition, it also attracted attention by introducing 'Pickleball Experience Zone', which is gaining sensational popularity in the United States.
The exhibition also invited 30 overseas buyers from eight countries (18→30), supported a total of 43 million dollars worth of export consultations with 152 Korean companies, 390 cases, and invited 15 new investment companies interested in the sports industry to support a total of 90 matches with 24 Korean companies to discover 13 direct investment intentions.
Lastly, the main thing was to expand the programs linked to industry, academia, and research by adjusting the hosting period from February to March. In collaboration with 29 sports companies and organizations, more than 2,600 job seekers who wanted to obtain job information visited the Job Fair, which provided mentoring programs and job consulting, and it was praised as a more colorful fair by holding forums and seminars on ESG and sports industry convergence.
An official from the Korea Sports Corporation said, "This performance-sharing event will be of great help in establishing specific directions for the future development of the sports industry and exhibition by sharing the results of related organizations and exhibition companies. We will do our best to ensure that the Seoul International Sports and Leisure Industry Exhibition will continue to become a global platform for the sports industry." he said.
Meanwhile, 'SPOEX 2026' will be held at COEX in Seoul for four days from March 26 next year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
