With a perfect start that exceeded all expectations, the 40th Munich Fabric Start kicked off the 2017 Spring.Summer season. Long queues formed at the counters even before the doors officially opened. And this picture repeated itself on the following days. This avid interest is reflected in a positive 6% plus in visitor attendance. Also posting a slight increase over the previous year was the percentage of visitors from abroad. More international visitors came from the Netherlands, France, Spain and the USA. Visitor attendance was also up from the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland.