Macau, 26th November: Last week, Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) reported its MICE statistics for the quarter ended 30th September 2021. Despite the ongoing pandemic, Macau held a total of 71 MICE events in the quarter which is three events more than the same quarter in 2020. The total number of participants and attendees rose an impressive 24% in the quarter, reaching a total of 226,000.

Of the total 71 events, 57 were meetings and conferences – one event less than the same quarter last year. However, the total number of participants at meetings and conferences grew 84% to 7,000 participants.

In addition, 13 exhibitions were held – three exhibitions more than the previous year. The number of attendees declined 23%, down to 219,000 attendees. The total gross area occupied by these exhibitions was 67,000 m2, a year-on-year increase of 69%.