Around half the visitors came from abroad. The number of foreign travellers, mainly from Germany, Romania, the United Kingdom, Poland and Italy, increased 11% from a year earlier, the tourism marketing organization added.
Budapest attracted 39% of the visitors, whose numbers rose 14% from a year earlier.
The number of foreign tourists visiting the capital increased 15%.
Outside of Budapest, Győr, Szeged, spa towns Hévíz and Sárvár, and Siófok on the shore of Lake Balaton were the most popular destinations among foreigners.
Lake Balaton, especially Siófok and Hévíz, attracted the most domestic tourists, followed by the Mátra and Bükk hills, the area surrounding the capital, Debrecen, Tokaj, Nyíregyháza, and their surroundings.
The most popular spa towns were Hajdúszoboszló, Zalakaros and Hévíz.
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