The number of nights spent by domestic guests increased nearly four-and-a-half-fold in January 2022 compared to the same month of 2021, reaching 504,000. Still, it was 32% below the January 2019 figure, preceding the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 80% of these nights were spent at hotels. The number of domestic tourist arrivals grew more than six-fold, amounting to 225,000. Among domestic guests, the most popular tourist region was the Budapest-Central Danube Region, where slightly more than a fifth of domestic tourism nights were recorded.
Although the number of nights spent by foreign guests rose seven-and-a-half-fold compared to January 2021, reaching 447,000, it was 43% less than in the same period of 2019. The number of international tourism nights rose by more than seven-and-a-half fold year-on-year, totaling 447,000. About 87% of these nights were spent at hotels. Just as in the case of domestic tourists, the most popular region was the Budapest–Central Danube Region, where nearly two-thirds of international tourism nights were registered.
Total gross sales revenues in January 2022 grew more than seven-fold, to HUF 23 billion at current prices.
Cardholders paid 20 times more with their Széchenyi Recreation Cards at commercial accommodation establishments, a total of HUF 1.5 billion.
Some 1,807 commercial accommodation establishments, including 701 hotels and 743 boarding houses, were open for part of or all over the month.
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