FILE PHOTO: Tesla electric cars are lined up in front of two one-way tunnels built by Elon Musk's The Boring Company at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, U.S., April 2021 to connect the new west hall to the rest of the center in this handout obtained by Reuters. The tunnels will debut in June at the World of Concrete show and also serve tech show CES visitors in January 2022. Courtesy LVCVA/Stephen Morgan/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Global tech show CES, held every year in January in Las Vegas, will return to the physical world in 2022, but organizer Consumer Technology Association said on Wednesday it will be smaller as COVID-19-related travel restrictions are likely to keep companies and crowds at bay.
Before the pandemic, CES was the largest annual show in Las Vegas and in 2020 drew about 170,000 attendees with about 4,000 companies exhibiting their technology and gadgets. CTA expects 75,000 attendees next year and so far 1,000 companies have committed to the show, with more expected, said Jean Foster, senior vice president of marketing and communications.
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