The number of foreign visitors to Lake Balaton between August 21 and 24 climbed 17% from the same period a year earlier, Visit Hungary said.

Most of the foreigners were from Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, and Romania, it added. Revenue of tourism accommodations in the area around Balatonfokajar, the venue for the MotoGP race, rose 21% to HUF 5.8 billion.

Revenue of tourism accommodations around Zamárdi, a settlement on Lake Balaton that hosted a musical festival that coincided with the MotoGP race, increased 22% to HUF 4 billion.