The Tokyo motor show is unlikely to attract a targeted 1m visitors during its 13-day run until 4 November as only 150,500 people visited the event in the first three days to the end of Sunday, officials have said.
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The 41st show is being held at the Makuhari Messe convention centre on the outskirts of Tokyo, with 109 companies taking part, down from 241 in the previous show in 2007.
”We know the target of 1m visitors is difficult to achieve,” a Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association official told Kyodo News.
The unexpectedly low turnout reflects a shift in the focus of carmarkers from Japan to China, analysts said.
The biennial event attracted as many as 2,018,500 visitors in 1991. A total of 1,425,800 people visited the 2007 show.
