About half of the visitors who came for recreation visited Hungary to go sight-seeing.
The survey data show 31% of foreign visitors to Hungary were just passing through on the way to another destination, while 25pc came to shop.
About 9% of foreign visitors came to see family and friends and 5% came for medical treatment.
KSH noted that the data cover only the period between January 1 and March 13, after which time travel restrictions were in place to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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