Situated in Austria the Messe Wels is one of the best exhibition centers of the country. Because of its location, numerous exhibitors and visitors come to the venue of the exhibition center to exhibit their products and services. In 1878 the exhibition center hosted its first trade fair and that fair was the largest agricultural trade fair in Europe. The exhibition center has been organizing so many trade fairs since 1878. It mostly organizes agricultural trade fairs, public exhibitions, and traditional Welser Volksfest. In 1954 the exhibition center became the international exhibition center and drawing approximately 10 million visitors visited the exhibition center.