Mice In Berlin
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million in its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the ninth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area, comprising 5 million people from over 180 nations.
Thanks to geographical situation in Europe, Germany is the second most important country in congress organization. Berlin is the fifth most important city by numbers of meetings in the world and where is the Europe biggest convention center to Internationals Congress Centrum.
Ranking Country Meetings Ranking City Meetings
1 U.S.A. 414 1 Vienna 147
2 Germany 334 2 Paris 130
3 United Kingdom 279 3 Singapore 127
4 France 269 4 Barcelona 103
5 Spain 266 5 Berlin 91
6 Italy 209 6 Budapest 86
7 Brazil 207 7 Seoul 85
8 Austria 204 8 Prague 82
9 Australia 190 9 Copenhagen 69
10 The Netherlands 187 10 Lisbon 69
Table 1: ICCA country and city ranking measured by number of meetings organized in 2006
The MICE is a very important sector in the business9 tourism, generating the economic, environmental, socio-cultural and political impacts.
In 2007 at 47%, the share of promotable business tourism (MICE) in Germany is very high in relation to traditional business travels.
The business tourism is an important income for the economy even with greater benefits that chemistry industry.
One of the impotant positive economic impacts are job oprtunities.In 2006 during the World Cup the tourism industry created 170,000 job vacancies.
Other importat factor is the income...
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