Budapest has jumped to eighth place on the list of the most attractive conference venues, from the 24th place a year earlier, according to the Union of International Associations (UIA), the Hungarian Tourism Co. said on Tuesday.
Altogether 141 conferences were held in the Hungarian capital in 2008.
The list is headed by Singapore, Paris and Brussels, and from the European cities Vienna, Barcelona, Geneva and London are also among the top 10, Hungarian Tourism said.
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