The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre is concluding 2023 on a high note, having hosted 1,724 events over the course of the year. This is the highest number since 2014 and a major bounce back for the venue which hosted just 300 events in 2021, at the height of the pandemic.
In addition to hosting these 1,724 events, the centre also welcomed 1,342,295 delegates to the venue throughout 2023. These visitors, both international and Malaysian, helped the Centre generate an estimated RM656 million in economic impact for Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia – well over double the figure generated in 2022.
This economic impact is calculated based upon the contributions of these visitors and events to local retailers, F&B outlets, hotels, airlines, and the wider business events supply chain which, in turn, generates significant employment opportunities for Malaysians.
According to John Burke, the Centre’s General Manager, “ Our achievements in 2023 are a shared success for the entire Malaysian business events supply chain. This result is not just based upon our own hard work and initiatives, but also the contribution of many other partners who make up the business events ecosystem in Malaysia, including the efforts of the Malaysia Exhibition and Conference Bureau (MyCEB).”
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