Taipei: the recovery of Taiwan’s MICE sector is gaining momentum. Photo Credit: Adobe stock/Nicholashan
As part of M&C Asia’s CVB Update series, MEET TAIWAN shares its latest news.
What’s the 2023/24 projection for Taiwan’s MICE sector?
The Taipei International Book Exhibition in February, 2023's first
large-scale MICE event in Taiwan, saw more than 500,000 attendees, with
about 500 publishing companies from 33 countries participating. Another
event, the 32nd Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the
Study of the Liver, attracted 1,500 experts from more than 40 countries
to Taiwan.
In March, booth demand for the globally recognised TIMTOS exhibition
exceeded supply, while attracting buyers from more than 100 countries to
Taiwan. In April, the World Veterinary Association, a congress for the
only veterinary organisation in the world with a history of more than
100 years, was held in Taiwan with more than 5,000 attendees. In May,
COMPUTEX, the world's second largest computer exhibition, will gather
thousands of domestic and foreign manufacturers and use more than 3,000
booths.
What are MEET TAIWAN’S newest MICE developments?
In 2022, MEET TAIWAN co-published with UFI the 2022 Taiwan MICE
Sustainability White Paper, providing Asia with a blueprint for
sustainable MICE events in the post-pandemic era. In 2023, we take a
further step by inviting Taiwan MICE stakeholders to work together,
coming up with a hundred practical actions of promoting MICE
sustainability, called the 100x100 Sustainable Campaign.
We are also launching a MICE Events Carbon Emission Calculator to
help calculate and reduce carbon emissions of MICE events held in
Taiwan. MEET TAIWAN will continue to provide sustainability action plans
for the MICE industry to make Taiwan “the Greentopia of Asia MICE”.
MEET TAIWAN provides an incentive subsidy up to US$16,700 for the
period of bidding international conferences and exhibitions; plus
US$66,700 for exhibitions and US$133,400 for conferences during the
period of holding the events. For corporate meetings, souvenirs and
subsidies from Taiwan's national and city governments are offered.