Although Tanning Tech recorded a slight fall in visitor numbers, organisers said that this is not as a result of less interest in the trade show but due, in part at least, to the increased bureaucracy involved in obtaining a visa for visitors coming to Italy from developing countries. The organisers stated that due to the ‘several million illegal immigrants’ in Italy restrictions have been implemented which have created barriers for some economic and commercial operators wishing to enter the country. Those who invite them must also become guarantors of their guests’ future and Tanning Tech experienced this first hand, particularly (but not only) when it invited numerous delegations from developing countries.”
