“A million! The 2025 Northeastern Agricultural Fair breaks records with over 1 million visitors, stimulating a billion-baht economy”
The “Isan Agricultural Fair 2025”, the largest agricultural innovation and technology fair in the Northeast, has closed its doors grandly. It was held from January 24 to February 2, 2025, on an area of over 200 rai at the Agricultural Technology Park, Khon Kaen University. This year’s event is themed “Creative Isan Agriculture, Promoting Soft Power, Raising Modern Agriculture For Sustainable Thai Development.” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darunee Chotithayangkun, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, revealed that this year’s event created a new phenomenon with the number of visitors exceeding 1,139,084, more than double the previous year’s 663,000. “The number of visitors to the event this time comes from the precise data collection system of the Economics team, which uses AI technology together with a camera system to count the number of visitors from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day. We have received confirmation of the matching numbers from both the AI system and the evaluation team. This ensures that the number of visitors to the event of 1,139,084 is accurate and reliable. At the same time, visitors spent an average of approximately 1,000 baht per person, generating over a billion baht in circulation in the economic system,” the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture emphasized that this success is not just the number of visitors that exceeded a million […]
