Macau, 15th November: Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has recently announced its MICE statistics for the quarter ended 30th September 2023. Macau held a total of 300 events in the quarter which is 43 events more than the third quarter in 2023. However, the total number of participants dropped slightly by 4.8% year-on-year, with a total of 520,900 participants and attendees.

Of the total 300 events, 276 were meetings and conferences, 44 events more than the same quarter of last year. Total number of participants at meetings and conferences increased by 20%, reaching 59,300 participants. A total of 14 exhibitions were held in the quarter, which was six exhibitions less than the previous year. The number of attendees decreased by 7.5%, amounting to 455,800 attendees. The total gross area occupied by these exhibitions was 96,200 m2.

DSEC also released its MICE statistics for the first nine months of 2024.  A total of 1,011 MICE events were held in Macau during the nine-month period. That is 232 events more than the same period in 2023. However, the total number of participants and attendees was down by 18% year-on-year, with just more than 1 million participants and attendees.