News this week: Last week, the Macau
Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) announced MICE statistics for the
second quarter of 2013. A total of 228 MICE events were held in the quarter, a
year-on-year decrease of 6%. There were a total of 219,000 MICE visitors in the
quarter, compared with 130,000 recorded last year.
Among the 228 events, 220 were meetings and conferences,
which is down slightly from 226 in 2012. A total of 24,000 participants
attended the meetings and conferences in the quarter, which is a significant
increase over 17,000 in the second quarter last year. The number of exhibitions
held remained flat at eight during Q2, while the number of attendees jumped 72%
to 194,000, from 113,000 in 2012.
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