According to data of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) Spain has gone from hosting 463 international association congresses in 2011 to 550 in 2012. Thanks to these data Spain repeated in third place in the world rankings, just below the US and Germany. United Kingdom, France, Italy and Brazil occupied the following positions.
Valencia también ha incrementado el número de congresos de 39 en 2011 a 49 el año pasado. Dicho incremento le ha permitido avanzar del puesto 53 al 44 en el ranking mundial y del 30 al 24 en el europeo. Dicho ranking europeo está liderado por Viena, París y Berlín, estando Madrid en cuarta posición con 164 congresos y Barcelona en quinta con 154.
Valencia has also increased the number of congresses of 39 in 2011 to 49 last year. This increase has allowed him to move the ranking place from 53 to 44 in the world ranking and from 30 to 24 in the European one. The European ranking is led by Vienna, Paris and Berlin, while Madrid in fourth place with 164 congresses and Barcelona in fifth with 154.