The Hungarian Tourism Quality Certification Board is leading a consortium to set up a digital competency center to support SMES in the tourism and catering sectors. In a statement on Wednesday, the board said the center would be funded with HUF 1.2 billion in European Union support. The consortium members include the National Association of […]
Tourism accommodations in Hungary hosted close to 528,000 guests over the fall school break, 3.5% more than during last year's holiday, Visit Hungary said on Wednesday. Those travellers spent 1,060,000 guest nights at tourism accommodations over the holiday, between October 23 and November 2. According to a statement by Visit Hungary, the colorful landscapes, harvest […]
Bahart, which operates ferries and pleasure craft on Lake Balaton, carried 2,326,000 passengers in the 2025 season, up 53,000 from a year earlier, the company said on Friday. Passenger numbers on car ferries rose 15,000 to 1,425,000 and fares on passenger boats climbed 38,000 to 901,000. The company explained that the number of passengers on […]
The villages of Mórahalom (SE Hungary) and Hosszúhetény (SW Hungary) have been included on the 2025 ‘Best Tourism Villages’ list of the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). At the press conference held in Mórahalom on Thursday to announce the recognition, state secretary Miklós Panyi said the settlement received the award for sustainable tourism development. The […]
The American Condé Nast Traveler and the British Condé Nast Traveller have published the results of their annual Readers’ Choice Awards poll, according to which the Aria Hotel Budapest by Library Hotel Collection received two separate awards: readers of both publications independently ranked the hotel sixth among the best hotels in the region, which includes […]
The number of travelers in Hungary surpassed 15 million by the end of September, Visit Hungary, a unit of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ), said on Monday based on figures from the National Tourism Data Service Center (NTAK). Visit Hungary CEO Olivér Csendes said that "the fact that we exceeded the fifteen millionth guest mark […]
The Tourism Summit international conference, the summit meeting of the tourism industry, will be held in Budapest on October 14-15, organizer Visit Hungary told MTI. According to their information, more than a thousand people have registered for the event, which will be hosted by the Bálna center in the Hungarian capital. The event, which will […]
In August 2025, nearly 2.8 million guests spent 7.3 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments in Hungary, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Tourist arrivals were up by 5.2% and tourism nights by 3.1% in number compared to a year earlier. In January-August 2025, the number of domestic and […]
According to data from the booking website Szallas.hu, the most popular destinations for domestic travel in the fall are Budapest, Eger and Pécs, with the majority of guests planning a two-night stay. According to the analysis sent by the accommodation booking portal to MTI on Wednesday, Northern Hungary leads the regional rankings in autumn, with […]
In the first half of 2025, tourist accommodation in Hungary hosted nearly 8.2 million guests, accounting for 18.9 million overnight stays. Guest numbers were 7.8% higher, and overnight stays 4.5% higher, than a year earlier. Hotels accounted for 57% of guests and 55% of overnight stays. Yet these impressive first-half figures should be viewed as […]
On July 23 this year, the number of visitors exceeded 10 million, with the tourism sector already handling more visitors than Hungary's population, Visit Hungary told MTI on Friday. They reported that last year, this milestone was reached later, on July 29, according to data from the National Tourism Data Center (NTAK). All this clearly […]
In May 2025, 1.7 million guests spent nearly 3.9 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. The number of tourist arrivals was up by 3.5% and tourism nights by 1.9% compared to a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported this Thursday. In January-May 2025, the number of domestic and […]
This March, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism organized the cultural and tourism promotion event "Hello Beijing" in Budapest, attracting nearly a hundred participants, including tourism professionals, journalists and travel bloggers. The event provided a detailed presentation of Beijing's rich cultural and tourism potential, highlighting the city’s eight World Heritage Sites. For Diplomacy&Trade, […]
According to Visit Hungary, which handles domestic and international tourism-related sales and marketing communications for the Hungarian Tourism Agency, the heatwave that hit at the beginning of June brought a real travel fever and outstanding results, with 288,000 guests, 20% more than last year, seeking relaxation at during the long holiday weekend. The statement said […]
In April 2025, 1.4 million guests spent 3.4 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. The number of tourist arrivals was up by 17% and tourism nights by 16% compared to a year earlier, helped by Good Friday and Easter falling entirely in April this year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) […]
