Hong Kong sees over 20% growth in 2010 MICE arrivals

27-Feb-2011 The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced today that overnight MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) arrivals in 2010 made a leap of 22.8% year-on-year to 1,429,941. This number also represents a 22.5%-increase over the overnight MICE arrivals in 2008, before the global financial tsunami. Out of the 2010 total, 598,022 or 41.8% came from Mainland China, while 431,462 were from short-haul markets and 395,903 from long-haul markets.