More Visitors to Hungary This Summer Than Last Year

More than three million foreign visitors came to Hungary in the summer months, 14% more than in the same period last year, Visit Hungary Plc., a subsidiary of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ), has told MTI.

Foreign guests spent almost eight million nights in Hungary in June-August, an increase of almost 6% year-on-year. After the Germans, citizens of the Visegrád countries and the British recorded the highest percentage in the record summer results. The number of nights spent by British and Slovak tourists rose by 9-9%.

The largest increase in the number of visitors was recorded from China, from where twice as many visitors arrived as a year ago. The number of visitors from Spain increased by 63% and from Japan by 42%.

According to the release, the majority of foreigners continued to choose Budapest, but rural destinations are just behind in terms of total nights spent, with around half of these, 49%, outside the capital, according to the National Tourist Information Center (NTAK). Outside the capital, 1.4 million visitors came from other countries, an increase of 5% compared to last year.

Foreign guests contributed HUF 67 billion to the revenues of rural accommodation providers, an increase of 13% year-on-year. More than 30% of the total revenue of rural accommodation came from foreigners.

Budapest received 1.7 million visitors from other countries, 23% more than in the previous year, accounting for almost 90% of the capital's total accommodation revenue, or HUF 103 billion.

After British and German tourists, travelers from the United States of America spent the most nights in Budapest.