Few business sectors have been as hard hit globally by the coronavirus pandemic as tourism and Hungary is no exception to this sad reality. As tourism-related revenues have fallen off a cliff and government aid has been all but a trickle, the sector is struggling for survival. In the decade leading up to 2020, Hungary’s […]
The number of tourism nights in Hungary decreased by 93% in December 2020 compared to the same month in the previous year according to data published this Thursday by the country's Central Statistical Office. As a result of border crossing restrictions and COVID-19 protection measures for commercial accommodation, domestic tourists spent 89% fewer tourism nights […]
The number of tourism nights fell by 85% compared to November 2019, the number of domestic tourism nights decreased by 65% compared to the previous month, based on adjusted data. As a result of border crossing restrictions and Covid-19 protection measures for commercial accommodation, international tourists spent 93% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments […]
In addition to about two hundred pets, three African white lions and rare cats were born this year at the Nyíregyháza Zoo, which received approximately 400,000 visitors despite the coronavirus epidemic. Sóstó Zoo is situated in a distance of five kms from the city of Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary, in the holiday resort of Sóstó, where […]
As of January 1, 2021, tourist accommodation places in Hungary will be required to send digitally read data from their guests' personal identification documents to the Hungarian state. A Hungarian firm has now come up with a device of affordable price to meet this requirements. The essence of the GoodID Scanner is that one can […]
In October 2020, as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, international tourists spent 93% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) compared to the same period of the previous year, the Central Statistical Office reports. Data published this Tuesday suggest that domestic guests spent 30% […]
This October, based on the number of guests, Budapest, Hajdúszoboszló and Eger were the most popular tourist destinations in Hungary. According to the Hungarian Tourism Agency, 627,000 guests arrived at the accommodation establishments in Hungary in October, 591,000 of them were from within the country.The accommodations registered 1.6 million guest nights, of which 1.4 million […]
Statistical figures published this Friday confirm what those involved in tourism have already experienced: as a result of the pandemic, aggravated by closing the country’s borders on September 1, international tourists spent 91% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments in this country compared to the same period of the previous year. As the first […]
A new study by tour operator Dertour show the cost of 3, 4 and 5-star hotels and vacation homes in 75 popular destinations, including a 2019 price comparison to illustrate how the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted prices. The 2020 Hotel Price Index reveals the current cost of a range of hotel and vacation homes […]
A new visitor center, built for about HUF 1.2 billion, has been inaugurated in the swampy Kis-Balaton area near the town of Keszthely, just southwest of Lake Balaton in western Hungary. In addition to a network of 186 educational trails, nearly 1,000 kilometers long in total, the National Park Directorates also operate 64 demonstration sites, […]
In July 2020, as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, international tourists spent 75% and domestic tourists 18% fewer tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) in Hungary compared to the same period of the previous year. A summary by the country's Central Statistical Office says […]
The traditional Hortobágy Bridge Fair takes place at its usual venue at the foot of the nine-arch bridge at this four-day long week-end, but, given the epidemic situation, fewer people are allowed to sell their products. The nation-wide famous bridge fair is inseparable from the nine-arch bridge. It both gave the name of the fair […]
The river cruise company Mahart Passnave has launched two new routes in the Danube Bend, north of Budapest: between Esztergom and Zebegény and on the Szentendre-Leányfalu-Tahitótfalu-Visegrád line. Decision on the new lines was made by the company because the train replacement boat between Nagymaros and Zebegény became popular in a very short time. The replacement […]
In May 2020, as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, tourists spent 93% fewer tourism nights (the number down by 98% by international tourists 98% and 86% by domestic tourists) in commercial accommodation establishments in Hungary. According to data by the Central Statistical Office, 88% of all tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding […]
In connection with the official visit of the President of the Republic of Slovenia and his accompanying delegation to Hungary, the Slovenian Tourism Organization (STO) introduced Slovenia as a nearby, green and safe gastro-tourism destination. Given the good epidemiological situation in Slovenia, which was the first in Europe to declare the end of the epidemic, […]
