Over 20 Mn Guests at Tourism Accommodations in 2025

The number of guests who stayed at tourist accommodations in Hungary rose over 20 million in 2025, a new record, the head of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, Zoltán Güller said at a press conference on Monday.

He noted that the number of guests was double the population of Hungary, adding that passenger numbers at Liszt Ferenc International had reached a record 19 million in 2025.

Zoltán Güller said the number of foreign tourists and domestic travelers who stayed at tourism accommodations were about the same. In the capital, the number of foreigners reached 7 million and the number of Hungarians was over 1 million, while foreign visitor numbers came close to 3.5 million and the number of domestic travellers reached 9 million at destinations in the rest of the country, he added.

Destinations around Lake Balaton drew 3.4 million guests, including over 2.5 million domestic travellers. Accommodations around the lake generated revenue of around HUF 218 billion.

Arrivals from Germany, Romania, Poland, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, the United States and Spain made up the most bookings.

The number of guest nights in Hungary reached 48,920,000 in 2025, up from 46,650,000 a year earlier.

Zoltán Güller stated the most important goal in future was improving quality and drawing more big-spending tourists, rather than boosting the overall number of travellers.

He also said Budapest needed to boost capacity in the three- to four-star hotel category to meet demand.