TIBF extended for one hour on Friday due to massive welcome

1391/02/16-08:30

Authorities of the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) had to extend the landmark cultural event for one hour Friday in partial response to a massive welcome to the landmark cultural event, the TIBF press office reported.

The gates of Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque), the venue of the fair, opens to the public at eight o’clock in the morning and closes at eight o’clock in afternoon, however the TIBF authorities kept serving the avid inspectors on Friday for one more hour.

According to the TIBF press office, Masses of people queue behind the gates of the Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) nearly an hour before the TIBF event opens.

A TIBF committee in charge of public relations has estimated that over 700,000 people inspected the fair in two days. Relevant information are collected from the points of arrival, subway stations leading to the fairground, bus and taxi lines leading to the fairground as well as parking lots across the vast TIBF fairground.

On Thursday, human traffic has nearly hit a gridlock in the section of general Persian titles in the main hall of the TIBF fairground while sales in the section of foreign language titles were relatively brisk.