The Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest has been recognized at two award ceremonies recently (the World Culinary Awards and the World Spa Awards), along with other Hungarian recipients (Felix Kitchen & Bar and Lua Resorts). At the World Culinary Awards (the sister event to World Travel Awards), which is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year, the […]
The tourism industry has been celebrating World Tourism Day on September 27 every year since 1980, at the initiative of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), VisitHungary said in a statement on Friday. Recalling the social and economic importance of the sector, Visit Hungary pointed out that tourism provides a livelihood for some […]
There is a tourism boom in Hungary, never before have so many people been on holiday in Hungary and never before have so many foreign tourists visited Hungary as this year, the Minister of National Economy, Márton Nagy has said at a press conference in Budapest. He noted that in June-August, almost seven million more […]
The Hungarian capital’s Ferenc Liszt International Airport's performance is set to explode in 2024. In the first eight months of the year, passenger traffic grew by 18.6% (to 11.4 million people) and cargo by 49.7% (to more than 184,000 tons), meaning that the airport is on track to break all previous records, according to a […]
The Eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen won silver and the southwestern spa town of Zalakaros gold in this year's European Cities and Villages in Bloom competition, one of the most prestigious European contests in the field of environmental architecture, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) has told MTI. According to the information, a total of 11 […]
More guests stayed in rural accommodation in Hungary in June-July than in last year's record year; according to data from the National Tourist Information Center (NTAK), 2.9 million foreign and domestic travelers spent 7.9 million guest nights outside the capital in the first two months of summer, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) told MTI on […]
In July 2024, 2.4 million guests spent 6.6 million nights in tourist accommodation (commercial, private and other). The number of guests was 4.1% higher and the number of nights 2.0% higher than a year earlier, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Thursday. The number of nights spent by domestic guests decreased by 0.3%, […]
Around 178,000 guests stayed in the Hungarian capital's hotels during the Sziget festival, which took place between August 7 and 12. According to the National Tourism Data Service Center (NTAK), the capital's hotels registered a total of 336,000 guest nights, a tenth more than during last year's event, the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) said on […]
One in three travellers will be relaxing on Lake Balaton on August 20. Siófok, Hajdúszoboszló, Hévíz, Eger and Szeged attract the most guests during the four-day long weekend, according to the accommodation portal Szallas.hu. Almost half of the bookings are for three nights, accounting for roughly half of the total number of nights for the […]
A three-fold increase in the number of guests and guest nights due to the Balaton Sound, a significant increase in accommodation revenues during the Campus festival and EFOTT, or a week that produces 93% of the total monthly guest traffic thanks to the Valley of the Arts; domestic 'festival settlements' show outstanding tourism results. This […]
The 39th Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix brought an explosive weekend to the capital, which was also enhanced by the Ed Sheeran concert on July 20. According to the data of the National Tourism Data Supply Center (NTAK), July 19-21. Budapest hosted 38% more foreign visitors and 36% more domestic travelers than last year. The […]
More people vacationed in Hungary this year than ever before: in the first two hundred days of the year, the number of tourists increased by nearly 12%, and the number of guest nights by almost 8% compared to last year, according to the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ). According to data from the National Tourism Data […]
As a country of 10 million, Hungary can accommodate 20 million tourists, which can generate 50 million guest nights a year by 2030, up from the current 41.8 million, László Könnyid, CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) said on Tuesday in Budapest during McKinsey & Company's "Budapest Awaits: Fulfilling the at a round table […]
While visitors spent some ten million tourism nights in Hungary in the first four months of the year, the number of tourism nights in April decreased by 4.7% and that of tourist arrivals in the same month was down by 1.3% compared to a year earlier, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In April 2024, […]
In the first three months of the year, Hungarian accommodation establishments recorded 7.1 million overnight stays, up 14% on the same quarter last year. The Hungarian Tourism Agency said in a statement on Thursday that this year could be a record year based on the first quarter figures. In addition to the number of guest […]
