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Barcelona and Madrid appear in the top 10 global business tourism at number two and number six, respectively. The two cities have gotten a foothold in the global ranking of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA). This agency registers all professional meetings over 50 delegates are held regularly on a rotating basis at least three countries.

As reported by the Consortium Truism de Barcelona, Barcelona remains second in the ranking, with a total of 148 validated by ICCA events last year, 13 more than in 2009.

For its part, Madrid has reached sixth place in the ICCA ranking, containing a total of 1,958 cities and surpassed, for the first time ever, the barrier of 100 Congress validated. The city of Madrid has made it into the top 10 destinations with more international conferences, ahead of conference tourism specialized cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. The medical and technology sectors lead the field of congresses represented.

As Spain has become the second international meeting destination in the world, behind only the United States, according to data provided by the International Congress & Conference Association (ICCA) for 2003 and are part of the progress of conclusions ” Study Meeting on Tourism in Spain “(METURE) performing Turespaña since 1999.

In terms of its economic impact, shows that this activity generated results that rise almost to 2,900 million Euros, taking into account only the direct costs of the participants.