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IAG JUN 2023年6月 亞博匯 82 A since the government dropped most remaining border restrictions on 8 January 2023. Visitor numbers reached almost 2.3 million in April and jumped to around 500,000 during the five-day “Golden Week” holiday starting on 1 May. Like other tourism related businesses, MICE has also enjoyed a resurgence as a result. The number of participants in MICE events in Macau was close to 200,000 in the first quarter of this year, with more than 15,000 business visitors attending conventions. These two figures were 21% and 143% higher than the same quarter in 2022, respectively. “(Macau) will strive to hold 700 to 1,000 MICE events this year, aiming to restore half the 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2019 2020 2021 2022 Number of MICE events 會展活動次數 澳門會展活動(2019-2022) MICE EVENTS HELD IN MACAU (2019-2022) IN FOCUS were held in Macau in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic saw this number tumble to 381 in 2020, improving only slightly to 449 in 2021 and 460 in 2022. However, Macau’s tourism industry has recovered rapidly total of 1,536 MICE (Meetings, I n c e n t i v e s , Conferences and Exhibitions) events