Facts & figures

Facts & Figures about Emigration Expo 2019

• Number of visitors: 11,000
• Visitors from The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
• Number of exhibitors: 200
• Participating organisations: 340
• Exhibitors from 24 countries
• Surface area of Emigration Expo: 12.000 m2
• Number of halls: 3
• Number of presentation rooms: 7
• Number of presentations: 100
• Unique visitors to websites: 442.000

Trends & Future of Emigration

• 143.000 departing emigrants per year
• Emigration is expected to increase even further in the coming years
• Tendency towards living abroad part-time
• Growing quest for a better quality of life (rest, space and natural living environment, less stress and less hectic)
• Growth market international work
• Self-employed people are looking for a foreign market
• Growth market international work experience
• Fewer barriers to foreign establishment
• Border regions are coming closer

Visitors’ profile

• Man: 59%
• Woman: 41%
• Married/living together: 45%
• Married/living together with children: 26%
• Single: 25%
• Single with children: 25%
• Average age: 31
• University or college for higher education: 70%
• Intermediary vocational education: 29%
• Lower vocational education: 2%
• Evaluation of Emigration Expo: 7,6
• Average length of stay: 3 hours

Visitors’ areas of interest

• Information about life in a certain region or country: 93%
• Legal and tax information when emigrating: 80%
• Information about foreign homes (rented and bought): 80%
• Information about job vacancies abroad: 77%
• Information about insurance abroad: 76%
• Information about banking abroad: 66%
• Information about language courses: 63%
• Information about the validity of diplomas: 62%
• Information about work permits abroad: 59%
• Information about visa application: 50%
• Visited presentation 49%
• Information about quotations from removal companies: 41%
• Information about medical vacancies abroad 30%

Period of time until emigration

• Within 1 to 2 years: 58%
• Within 3 to 4 years: 42%

Exhibitors’ Profile

Main objective for participation:

• Attracting emigrants: 75%
• Advertising/PR: 41%
• Provision of information: 41%
• Filling vacancies: 40%
• Direct sales: 24%
• Finding investors: 11%

Objective achieved:

• Provision of information: 92%
• Attracting emigrants: 87%
• Advertising/PR: 83%
• Filling vacancies: 59%
• Direct sales: 52%
• Finding investors: 52%

Evaluation of Emigration Expo: 7,9
Expected participation in the Emigration Expo 2020: 83%