Barcelona and Madrid dominate Europe's share of conference tourism in 2018

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The organization of international and regional events in recent years has become a science in which countries compete in order to obtain their fair share of conference tourism. In 2018, 12,904 conferences were organized worldwide..

Spain has succeeded in this style brilliantly after it overcame the field and proved its status, and was associated with tourism conferences until Barcelona was the first city in the world in this pattern, surpassing the number of Barcelona tourists 40 million annually, tourism conferences constitute more than 15%.

The cities of Barcelona and Madrid were among the top 10 most visited cities in 2018, where the two cities hosted 248 conferences.

The ranking of the list according to statistics of the World Tourism Organization ..

As follows:

1. Barcelona 195 Conference attended by 149 thousand people

2. Paris 190 Conference attended by 112 thousand people.

3. Vienna 190 conferences attended by 114 thousand people.

4. Berlin 185 conferences attended by 98 thousand people.

5. London 177 conferences attended by 79 thousand people.

6. Singapore 160 conference attended by 84 thousand people.

7. Madrid: 153 conferences attended by 110,000 people.

Prague – 151 conferences attended by 67 thousand people.

9. Lisbon has 149 conferences attended by 77,000 people.

Seoul – 142 conferences attended by 53 thousand people

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