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Seasonally adjusted figures from the Central Statistical Office (KSH) showed arrivals up 0.4% and tourism nights 2% higher than in July 2025.
Commercial accommodation establishments received 67% of all guests, with arrivals up 3.9% from a year earlier. Private and other accommodation establishments recorded 8.2% fewer arrivals.
Domestic arrivals increased 0.8% year-over-year, while domestic tourism nights fell by the same rate, indicating slightly shorter average stays.
Nearly 1.4 million domestic guests spent 3.8 million tourism nights at accommodation establishments. Commercial accommodation registered 870,000 domestic arrivals and around 2.4 million nights, with hotels accounting for 64% of those arrivals.
Domestic arrivals rose most in the Bük and Sárvár tourism region, by 9.3%, while the Szeged region recorded the largest decline, at 3.3%. Domestic arrivals fell 2.8% in Budapest and increased 1.8% at Lake Balaton.
International arrivals fell 1.9% year-over-year in July, while the number of international tourism nights increased by the same rate, indicating that fewer foreign visitors stayed for longer on average.
Nearly 1.1 million international guests spent 2.9 million tourism nights in Hungary. Commercial accommodation establishments registered 775,000 foreign arrivals and 1.9 million nights, with hotels accounting for 75% of those arrivals.
Foreign arrivals at private and other accommodation establishments fell 17%.
International arrivals increased most in the Greater Budapest tourism region, by 12%, while the Szeged region recorded an 18% decline. In Budapest itself, international arrivals fell 3%, while Lake Balaton recorded a 5.2% decline.
KSH said significantly fewer visitors from Slovakia, Germany and Czechia traveled to Lake Balaton than a year earlier.
A total of 35,314 accommodation establishments welcomed guests in July, including 2,958 commercial and 32,356 private or other establishments.
Gross sales revenue at tourist accommodation establishments rose 5.8% at current prices to HUF 148.1 bln.
Spending with Széchenyi Recreation Cards at accommodation establishments reached nearly HUF 7.4 bln, up 1.1% year-over-year at current prices.
In January-July, accommodation establishments recorded almost 10.8 million arrivals, 0.7% more than in the same period of 2025.
Domestic arrivals increased 1.9% to 5.5 million, while international arrivals declined 0.5% to nearly 5.3 million.
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