Domestic Tourists’ Nights Spent in Hungary Increased by More Than Half in May, Data Shows

Despite the fact that the number of nights spent by foreign guests marked a sixfold increase, it remains 40 per cent below the levels recorded during the same period in 2019, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.

“The number of domestic tourist arrivals grew nearly two-fold and that of tourism nights more than one-and-a-half-fold. The former was 451,000 and the latter 921,000. 69 per cent of the nights were spent at hotels, their number rising around one-and-a-half-fold compared to a year earlier,” the statement issued by HCSO reads.

Such data also show that the circulation in Hungarian hostels and boarding houses increased by 1.2 and 3.7 times, respectively, compared to May 2021.

According to HCSO, the most popular tourist regions were Lake Balaton and the Budapest-Central Danube Region, which accounted for 24 per cent and 16 per cent of domestic tourism nights, respectively.

The data further revealed that the number of international tourist arrivals in accommodation institutions increased more than seven and a half times – reaching 32,000, and that of international tourism nights more than six times, to a total of 847,000. At the same time, 82 per cent of tourist nights were spent in hotels- six and half times more than in May 2021.

In this regard, the Budapest-Central Danube Region was ranked among the most popular tourist regions, with 62 per cent of international tourism nights recorded.

The same source also reveals that the number of tourist nights recorded in commercial accommodation establishments surged by more than threefold or to 6.9 million. In the meanwhile, in these commercial accommodation establishments, local guests spent twice as many nights, whereas the international guests spent more than six times more nights – 3.6 million and 3.3 million, more specifically.

In addition, the total gross income of commercial accommodation facilities at current prices increased fourfold to €393 billion (HUF 159 billion).

Moreover, considering that the summer season has just started, Hungary has been classified as one of the countries that offer excellent services at affordable prices for every tourist. As a result, Hungarian authorities rank it among the cheapest holiday destinations in Europe for 2022.