Macau hosts over 1,100 MICE events in 2023

Macau: 27th February: Earlier this week, Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) released its MICE statistics for the year 2023, reporting a total of 1,139 MICE events were held in Macau in the year, jumping 139% compared with the figure of COVID-hit year of 2022. The total number of participants and attendees grew 13%, reaching 1,602,400. Compared to 2019, the number of MICE events in Macau recovered to 74%, while the number of participants and attendees recovered to almost 80%.

Of the 1,139 events held in 2023, 1,058 were meetings and conferences, which grew by 163% year-on-year. The total number of participants at meetings and conferences jumped 291% to 170,000.

A total of 64 exhibitions were held in Macau in 2023. That is the same number as in 2022. The number of attendees increased modestly by 3.3%, reaching 1,421,600 attendees. The total gross area occupied by these exhibitions rose 15% year-on-year, covering a total area of 433,300 m2.