Lisbon maintains 2nd place in the ICCA world ranking

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Lisbon maintains 2nd place and Portugal the 7th in the ICCA world ranking.

Portugal has reason to celebrate, since it managed to maintain the 7th position in the ranking of the ICCA - International Congress and Convention Association, for the year 2022. The country reached 294 congresses or meetings. In European terms, Portugal occupies the 6th position, same as the previous year. The European list is headed by Spain, Italy and Germany.

Lisbon maintains the 2nd place in the world ranking, only surpassed by the city of Vienna. The top 3 is closed by Paris. Last year, the Portuguese capital received 144 meetings.

The second Portuguese city is Porto, which occupies the 27th position in the world, 22nd in European terms.

Other Portuguese cities on the ICCA list are Cascais, which is now in the 129th position in the world and in the 80th position in European terms, Braga occupies 153rd place in the world and 91st in Europe), Coimbra is in 2022 the 164th city in the world, and the 97th in Europe . Aveiro reaches 173rd place (105th European), Vilamoura 256th (152nd European), Guimarães 292nd (172nd European), and Funchal 326th (187th European).

In a joint effort with our dedicated members, ICCA’s Research team identified over 10,500 meetings of which some 9,000 meetings were held in-person, being either unaffected by COVID-19 or held in a hybrid format.

ICCA CEO, Senthil Gopinath: “This is tremendous undertaking by our team, one that is most welcomed by our members because the ICCA Country – and City – Rankings always generates huge industry interest. It’s heartening to see the drive towards in-person meetings is once more very strong and we predict this trend will grow throughout the coming year.”