Turin Book Fair breaks attendance record with 222,000

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 13 - The Turin Book Fair is set to break attendance records with a projected 222,000 visitors at the end of the last day Monday after it opened last Thursday.
    That compares to 215,000 last year.
    Some 84% of visitors got their tickets online, while 29% of them were under 25 and 61% under 40, said Managing Director Piero Crocenzi at the closing press conference.
    The first edition organized by Annalena Benini, this year's fair features prominent appearances by Salman Rushdie, Roberto Saviano, Don Winslow, James Ellroy, Antonio Scurati, and Luciano Canfora. (ANSA).