Seoul ranks 3rd in int'l meeting cities last year

By KH디지털2

Published : June 28, 2016 - 16:24

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Seoul played host to 494 international meetings in 2015, ranking third in the list of international meeting cities worldwide, the Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday, citing a report by a Brussels-based research institute.

The 2015 international meetings statistics report, compiled by the Union of International Associations, showed that the Korean capital clinched record-high results, up two notches from the previous year.

It also achieved the goal of becoming the world's third-ranked city of meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions by 2018 earlier than expected.

Photo shows a Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul. (Yonhap)

Singapore topped the list with 736 meetings, followed by Brussels with 665 meetings. Seoul was trailed by Paris with 362 meetings and Vienna with 308 meetings.

Among other Korean cities were 11th-ranked Busan with 150 meetings and 19th-ranked Jeju with 112 meetings.

In terms of countries, the good showing by Seoul helped Korea rank second with 891 meetings.

Officials at the regional government attributed Seoul's MICE performance to its efforts to strengthen overseas marketing for MICE following the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. (Yonhap)

Seoul ranks 3rd in int'l meeting cities last year

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