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Brisbane EKKA Numbers Take a Dive, and It’s YOUR Fault!

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August 16th, 2007 • Christian • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

The EKKA numbers were 30% down this year compared to last year, with reports suggesting that this is due to everyone being scared of getting the flu. Thats about 100,000 people who decided not to go this year.

Dr Vivian Edwards, President of RNA, was quoted, “I attribute (the poor crowds) not to the outbreak of the flu but to the perception of people that you are more likely to get infected but if that’s the perception it’s a very erroneous one”.

If that was the case, why was there a misperception? Is it OUR fault to percieve the EKKA as an event for catching the flu or was it the PR and Marketing companies fault to not sell the EKKA as THE place to be during August 7-18, as opposed to the place NOT TO BE?

I cringe at the thought of the big price hike next year for parents and children to fork out to pay for the exhibitors, sponsors who decided that it wasn’t the people’s fault for not turning up, but instead the organisers.