With several thousand visitors streaming through the turnstiles each of the past ten years that the Fair has been staged, it has steadily grown into the largest exhibition held in Portugal for the expatriate community and those with close connections to it.
While there will once again be an abundance and great diversity of businesses showcasing their products and services to visitors, the International Algarve fair is not just a trade show. It is also a weekend of fun for all the family.
A wealth of activities will once again await visitors on the other side of the Fatacil fairground gates, and will yet again promise to provide fair-goers with useful information, fantastic food and drink, and many hours of fun.
In 2016, the Fair will focus on World Environment Day, which is on 5 June, and many events and surprises are being planned to keep visitors and children amused for the two days that the fair runs.
International Algarve Fair Manager Sónia Seixas explained this week that organisers will once again be pulling out all the stops to improve on an already successful event in the region’s annual events calendar.
“There will be much more entertainment while some surprises have been reserved for visitors and exhibitors at this year’s Fair. In addition, the usual supply of fun in the sun will once again be central to our event this year”, she added.
“With the Fair coinciding with World Environment Day, we will be celebrating anything which will help to save the planet. We will also be focusing on the special part the Algarve has to play and the businesses who are prepared to act to make our region and the world a cleaner and greener place”, Ms Seixas says.
Organisers further revealed that Lagoa Town Hall will this year be taking a prominent position at the Fair to feature how Lagoa is going about improving the environment.
Besides the underlying ‘green’ theme to this year’s Fair, visitors will be welcomed by a variety of restaurants, which specialise both in national and international cuisine.
A number of the Algarve’s top car dealerships will once again be providing visitors with their latest car models from a number of brands, and have promised to once again offer some unbeatable deals.
One of the favourites at the Fair remains the Algarve Dog Show.
After six successful years, the Dog Show will offer dog owners yet another opportunity to see how their best friends match up against other competitors. Some of the Algarve’s cutest canines will be there looking for a home, with parades for pets up for adoption being staged over the two days.
Children will once again be keeping adults inside the showgrounds, entertained for hours on end, with face painting, games, clowns, and not forgetting the popular Lagoa fire-fighters, armed with their power water hose and zip-line set to keep the little ones’ attention while parents enjoy a stroll around the secure confines of the Fair.
The festival atmosphere will also once again be enhanced by Kiss FM Radio, whose top DJs will once again be broadcasting live to Lisbon and the Algarve on both days of the show.
Doors open from 11am till 7pm both Saturday and Sunday; tickets cost €3.50 per adult, children aged 12 or under are free.
For more information see: www.algarvefair.com or email sales@algarvefair.com