More, but smaller meetings; Vienna, Seoul and Barcelona top the city charts.
Vienna, second in the city ranking by number of meetings in 2016, ranks first in this ranking with an estimated total of almost 120,000 participants visiting 186 association meetings in 2016. Seoul, which was only 10th in the ranking by number of meetings with 137 meetings in 2016), is second with almost 105,000 participants. Barcelona, like in the ranking by number of meetings in 2016, ranks 3rd with close to 100,000 participants, closely followed by Copenhagen, which is 14th in the ranking by number of meetings. This means Seoul and Copenhagen host relatively large meetings. Like in the number of meetings ranking, London is 5th. Paris, number one in the ranking by number of meetings, ranks 7th in this list.
Table 1: Top 10 city ranking by estimated total number of participants to all meetings organised in 2016, including number of meetings organised in 2016
RankCityNo. participantsNo. MettingsRank by no. meetings1Vienna119,88718622Seoul104,780137103Barcelona99,46818134Copenhagen99,359115145London91,75615356Amsterdam77,64414477Paris75,71019618Rome68,61296209Beijing65,9471131510Singapore61,2941516
The top three countries by estimated total number of participants are the same as the ranking by number of meetings: USA is 1st with over 400,000 participants in 2016, Germany is 2nd with over 280,000 participants and the United Kingdom is 3rd with almost 230,000 participants. Italy is two places higher in this ranking and takes 4th place and like the ranking by number of meetings, Spain is 5th.
Table 2: Top 10 country ranking by estimated total number of participants to all meetings organised in 2016, including number of meetings organised in 2016
RankCountryNo. participantsNo. meetingsRank by no. meetings1USA401,33293412Germany280,10868923UK228,64258234Italy219,04146865Spain217,72453356Japan205,53741077France176,66054548China167,11441079Republic of Korea160,6812671310Holland156,0393689
Published
20/06/2017
