Peaking at 170,000 in a single day, the event hosted 271 rights-matching meetings closing deals worth $2 million.
Running March 27 through April 8, and with a full day’s closure following the Myanmar earthquake that was felt in the Thai capital, the 2025 Bangkok Book Fair set anew record with 1.3 million visitors.
Peaking at 170,000 in a single day, the combined 53rd National Book Fair and the 23rd Bangkok International Book Fair, organised by the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (PUBAT), the event hosted 271 rights-matching meetings involving 135 companies from 14 countries, including South Korea, China, Japan, and the Philippines, closing deals worth $2 million (68 million baht).
A key highlight was PUBAT’s memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency, paving the way for a fellowship program to foster collaboration between Thai and Taiwanese publishers at future events.
Thailand’s The Nation has more details including visitor breakdown by gender and generation.
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