The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased – mainly due to the low base caused by the pandemic restrictions – more than four-and-a-half-fold in March 2022 compared to the same month of 2021, the Central Statistical Office reports. However, […]
Close to 60% of Hungarians are almost certain to spend a few days in a domestic holiday destination this year, while 47% will definitely not cross the border in the summer months, according to a representative survey by the insurance firm Generali that sent the results to the state news agency MTI on Tuesday. The […]
The number of tourism nights grew five-and-a-half-fold compared to January 2021 in Hungary but decreased by 38% compared to the same month of 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased – mainly due […]
On March 3 this year, on the evening of the opening day of the traditional annual travel exhibition in Budapest, the tourism industry will celebrate with an exclusive party. The founder and chief organizer of this T-DAY event, Károly Bosznai, the Head of Communications, Krisztina Henyecz and the Sales and Marketing Director of the Budapest […]
The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) in Hungary increased – mainly due to the low base caused by the introduction of pandemic restrictions – more than two-and-a-half-fold in November 2021 compared to the same month of 2020. However, it was 36% […]
Hungarian tourism closed the year with a much better result than last year. That is according to the CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ), Zoltán Guller who talked about the results in a podcast published this Monday. Zoltán Guller explained the upturn mainly by the increase in domestic turnover, as three quarters of the […]
According to data from the accommodation site Szallas.hu, it is the cities Budapest, Eger, Pécs and the spa towns of Hajdúszoboszló and Hévíz that attract the most tourists during the holidays, the state news agency MTI reports. The virus situation has confirmed that families prefer to spend Christmas at home. A third of the almost […]
The tourism sector has been one of the hardest hit areas by pandemic restrictions all over the world – and Hungary is no exception. Therefore, the main aim this year of the organizers of the annual informal event of this profession, T-DAY (to be held at the Marriott Budapest Hotel early December), is striking an […]
11% more tourism nights were recorded in Hungary in August this year than in the same month of 2020, but 24% fewer than in August 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. In August, domestic guests spent 1.9% more tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) than […]
The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased by 8.1% in July compared to the same month in 2020 but was 11% lower compared to July 2019, the corresponding month in the year before the outbreak of the pandemic. The […]
After the summer, autumn could be much better than a year ago. Business tourism is also booming, the Hungarian business daily Világgazdaság reports. The summer has been better than expected, with travel agencies fully booked up for charter flights to the seaside and at least double last year's revenues in July and August, Judit Molnár, […]
The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International, has announced the opening of Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Budapest. Owned by Özyer Group, this iconic opening marks Luxury Collection Hotels brand debut in Hungary. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Matild Palace has undergone a meticulous five-year transformation led by award-winning […]
After almost seven months of service disruption due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus epidemic, the Széchenyi Hill Children's Railway has resumed operation. During the summer period, trains run every day: every hour on weekdays and every 40-50 minutes on weekends. The stations have been refurbished and are now open to visitors. The country's […]
The bike rental system, which is shared by five Slovak and four Hungarian municipalities, is in many ways a real breakthrough, with 85% of the costs paid for by the European Regional Development Fund. The bicycle rental system called KOMBIbike has been inaugurated in Tata, west of Budapest. In 2020, the National Bringapark Program saw […]
This year marks the 175th anniversary of boating on Lake Balaton shipping and the Balaton Shipping Company (BAHART) celebrates it with a year-long series of events. The series spans the whole year, with the slogan 'Tradition and Modernisation', expressing the commitment to preserving the values of the past and to achieving future goals. From 1 […]
