TOP 20 International Congress Destinations

TOP 20 International Congress Destinations

ICCA released it's yearly TOP 20 rankings for countries and cities as destinations for congresses. Paris is the new number one for association events.

 

11,685 regularly occurring association events which rotate between at least three countries were identified by ICCA members and ICCA's in-house research team as having taken place during 2013, 535 more than identified a year previously.

 

Rank

Country

#Meetings

                   

Rank

City

#Meetings

1

U.S.A.

829

 

1

Paris

204

2

Germany

722

 

2

Madrid

186

3

Spain

562

 

3

Vienna

182

4

France

527

 

4

Barcelona

179

5

United Kingdom

525

 

5

Berlin

178

6

Italy

447

 

6

Singapore

175

7

Japan

342

 

7

London

166

8

China-P.R.

340

 

8

Istanbul

146

9

Brazil

315

 

9

Lisbon

125

10

Netherlands

302

 

 

Seoul

125

11

Canada

290

 

11

Prague

121

12

Republic of Korea

260

 

12

Amsterdam

120

13

Portugal

249

 

13

Dublin

114

14

Austria

244

 

14

Buenos Aires

113

15

Sweden

238

 

15

Brussels

111

16

Australia

231

 

16

Copenhagen

109

17

Argentina

223

 

17

Budapest

106

18

Turkey

221

 

18

Beijing

105

19

Belgium

214

 

19

Rome

99

20

Switzerland

205

 

20

Bangkok

93

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholm

93

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney, NSW

93

 

 

2013 top 10 countries: Some small changes
The top 10 country ranking is made up of the same countries as last year, but some countries switched places. The U.S.A., Germany and Spain remain respectively 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The gap between U.S.A. and Germany has become significantly smaller though; from a difference of 184 meetings in 2012 to 107 in 2013. France and United Kingdom have switched places: France is now 4th and United Kingdom 5th. Italy remains 6th. Japan climbs one place to number 7 and China-P.R. climbs two places to number 8, at the cost of Brazil, dropping from 7th to 9th place, and The Netherlands, dropping one place to number 10.

 

2013 top 10 cities: Paris new number one
Vienna, which has been the number one city in the ICCA rankings each year since 2005, has lost its 1st place to Paris, which was 2nd last year and previously shared 1st place with Vienna in 2008. Madrid, 4th in 2012 is now 2nd and Vienna 3rd. Barcelona climbs one place to 4th and Berlin moves from 3rd to 5th place. Singapore remains 6th and London fell from a shared 6th place to 7th. Istanbul climbs one place to 8th and Lisbon and Seoul, both newcomers in the top 10, share 9th place.

Source: ICCA

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