News this week: Macau’s Statistics and
Census Service (DESC) has released an update on the MICE industry for the
first quarter of 2013. A total of 230 MICE events were held in the quarter,
down 41% year-on-year. The number of participants at these events was about
203,000 and floor area used for the events totalled 161,000 m2 in
the quarter.
Amongst the 230 MICE events held in the quarter, 217 were
meetings, compared with 259 in 2012, while the number of participants at
meetings dropped 48% to about 29,000 – down from 55,000 last year. The number
of exhibitions held in the quarter was up one rising from 12 to 13 this year,
and the number of attendees jumped 64% from about 106,000 to about 175,000.
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