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Busan Emerges as World's Top 10 Cities for Int'l Convention
Source: Yonhap News (Jun. 29, 2016)
** This article was translated from the Korean.
Date
2016.07.01
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According to Yonhap News,
(BUSAN=Yonhap News) Busan has been ranked the world's top 10 destination for global conventions according to the 2015 International Meetings Statistics Report of the Union of International Associations.
The second-largest city in Korea ranked fifth among Asian cities, and was the only non-capital city among top 10 destinations.
Despite an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Busan was the host of 173 international conferences last year, moving up 3 steps in the global ranking by convening 20 more meetings compared with 153 of 2014.
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Source: Yonhap News (Jun. 29, 2016)
** This article was translated from the Korean.