The number of international conferences and events have increased

Last year, 602 international conferences were held in Hungary, which is a 12.1 percent increase compared to 2010 and the number of participants increased as well – the Hungarian National Tourist Office announced.

218 more people attended international conferences compared to 2010. A total of 125,818 participants were registered. An average of 209 people attended the conferences.

The number of participants was between 50 and 100 person at 44.1 percent of the events, while in 2010 this proportion was 38 percent. A total of 2069 days of international conferences took place in Hungary, with an average duration of 3.4 days. 57 percent of the conferences were more than 2-3 days long. (MTI)