Nitin Sachdeva, Director-India Representative Office, TCEB, shares the lucrative MICE offerings that Thailand has for Indian MICE travellers
How was the year 2016 for you vis-e-vie 2015. How have the first six months of 2017 been for you?
Currently, the MICE sector comprises four main industry categories namely, corporate meetings (25 per cent market share), incentive travel (24 per cent), international conventions (33 per cent) and international exhibitions and trade fairs (18 per cent).
In the 2016 fiscal year (Oct’15-Sep'16), Thailand’s business events industry earned 102.5 billion baht (Euro 3.8 million) in revenues, 6.90 per cent up from the revenue in 2015. Thailand welcomed 1,268,560 business event travellers, attracted by Thailand’s endless choice of vibrant business destinations, global standards of service, and diverse business opportunities.
This story is from the August 2017 edition of MICE Talk.
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