Trade fairs
Exhibitor and visitor teams at Gulfood in Dubai, SIAL in Paris and Anuga in Cologne.
Industry · Agriculture and food exports
Travel management for agriculture and food exporters
Rice, fruit, meat, seafood and processed-food exporters build business at fairs and through buyer visits. Their year follows the fair calendar, Gulfood, SIAL and Anuga, and the harvest, and they regularly host buyers at farms, mills and processing plants in Pakistan.
Travel patterns
How agriculture and food exports organisations in Pakistan travel
Buyer and market visits
Sales teams visiting importers in the Gulf, Europe, Central Asia, China and Africa.
Hosting buyers
Foreign buyers visiting farms, rice mills and plants, often around harvest.
What matters
What a agriculture and food exports travel programme needs
- Fair travel booked early, with visas for UAE and Schengen trips
- Exhibitor team logistics: stand staff, samples and hotels near the venue
- Buyer hosting: invitations for their visas, transfers and hotels in Pakistan
- Seasonal planning around harvest and shipment dates
- Reports by market and fair
Check before travel: visa rules, fees, processing times and event dates change without notice. This page was checked on 11 November 2026 against the organisers’ websites linked from our fair guides. Confirm on the official source, or ask us to check for your trip, before you book anything non-refundable.
Fairs
The food fair calendar
Gulfood in Dubai opens the year, SIAL Paris and Anuga Cologne alternate in the autumn, and many exporters also attend halal and regional fairs. Our fair guides give each edition’s dates as checked against the organisers, the visa routes and how early to book hotels.
Buyers
Hosting foreign buyers
Buyers visiting Pakistan need invitation letters for their visas, safe transfers and hotels near your facilities. We plan their itinerary from the airport to the mill or farm and back, with a 24/7 contact.
Markets
Markets beyond the fairs
Exporters follow up fairs with market visits to the Gulf, Central Asia, China and Africa. Our destination guides cover each market’s entry route for Pakistani passport holders, from Kenya’s eTA to China’s online visa application.
Exhibitors
Running an exhibitor team at a food fair
Exhibiting at a food fair means more than booking flights. Stand staff need to arrive before build-up, samples must travel in line with the destination’s import rules, and hotels near the venue disappear months ahead. We book the team’s travel as one group, coordinate arrival times with the stand builder’s schedule, and arrange transfers between hotel and venue each day. After the fair, follow-up visits to importers can be booked from the same city while the leads are fresh.
How we work
How Go Global runs it
Policy
Fair calendar and market plan.
Approvals
Approvals per fair and trip.
Booking
Fairs, market visits and buyer hosting.
On the road
Our team works 24/7 for changes and disruptions.
Reporting
Spend and trip records by team, project and traveller.
FAQ
Agriculture and food exports travel questions
Which food fairs should Pakistani exporters attend?
Gulfood, SIAL and Anuga are the main ones; see our guides for dates.
Can you host foreign buyers in Pakistan?
Yes, from invitation letters to transfers and hotels.
How early should we book for Gulfood?
As soon as stand space is confirmed; Dubai hotels fill quickly in fair week.
Do you cover African markets?
Yes. See our Africa guides for entry routes.
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Plan with Go Global
Planning travel for a agriculture and food exports organisation?
Tell us who is travelling, when and why. We reply with a plan, the visa route and a quote. Go Global has handled 100,000+ trips, and our team works 24/7 for travellers on the road. Email insights@goglobal.pk or WhatsApp 0320-4111222.