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Budapest in the Top 20 Conference Locations

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Budapest got the 17th place on the list of the most popular meeting places of the world. On the top 20 list of the International Congress and Convention Association amongst others Budapest overtook Beijing, Rome or Bangkok. Paris became the most popular city and the United States the most popular country.

Finishing 3 places better than in last year, Budapest got the 17th place on the top 20 list of the most popular meeting places of the world of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Paris got the first place overtaking Madrid and Vienna, but Barcelona, Berlin, London, Istanbul, Prague, Brussels, Amsterdam, Dublin and Lisbon were also in the top 20. With its 3rd place the Hungarian capital overtook e. g. Rome, Stockholm, Sydney, Munich, Beijing, Bangkok and Warsaw.

In 2013 106 Conferences Were Held in Budapest

ICCA made its list according to 2013 statistics. According to the data last year 106 conferences were held in Budapest and 204 in the winner city Paris. In the whole country 2362 conferences were held, 1345 Hungarian and 1017 international ones, with 451 thousand participants. The majority of the conferences, more than 62 percent of them were held in the capital: in the case of the international conferences this rate is 70 percent. The international conferences lasted 3.4 days and had 234 participants on average.

The Top 10 Countries Are the Same as Last Year 

The top 10 countries are the same as last year, only their order changed. The USA got the 1st place on the ICCA list with 829 conferences. It’s followed by Germany with 722 conferences, then Spain with 562 conferences, France with 527 conferences, the UK with 525 conferences  and Italy with 447 conferences. Beside Hungary Japan, China, Brazil, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Korea, the Netherlands and Canada were also on the top 20 list.

Sources:
www.portfolio.huwww.iccaworld.com

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