The Netherlands, 4th August: The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has released a new destination ranking and an updated methodology which takes into account how the pandemic impacted the association meetings industry last year. ICCA team has introduced a new methodology, the Destination Performance Index (DPI), to provide a more holistic view of how destinations have addressed the pandemic.

The U.S. led the overall DPI, followed by Spain and Germany. In the Asia, Japan, ranked 7th worldwide and Japan was first in the region. Ten other countries and regions in Asia were in the global top 50 of the DPI: China (9th), South Korea (10th), Australia (20th), Taiwan (24th), Singapore (25th), India (32nd), Thailand (39th), Malaysia (43rd), Hong Kong and Indonesia (45th).