Of the most important source countries for Hungarian tourism, the number of tourist nights spent by visitors from the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and the United States increased by 8.5%, 13% and 3.9% respectively, while the number of tourist nights decreased by 11%, 16% and 15% in the case of visitors from Germany, Poland and Austria, respectively, the KSH said, adding that guests from Russia spent 15% fewer nights in Hungary.
Room occupancy in hotels increased by 1 percentage point to 58.5%. The total gross revenue of accommodation facilities (HUF 35.9 billion) was 2.9% higher, according to the KSH. Within this, accommodation fee revenues (HUF 21.6 billion) were up by 4.2%, and other revenues (HUF 7.1 billion) by 2.7%, while catering revenues fell by 0.7% (to HUF 7.2 billion), the KSH added.
In the period January-June of this year, commercial accommodation registered 4.5% more guest nights than in the corresponding period of 2015. Foreign visitors spent 3.4% more nights, while domestic tourists spent 5.6% more nights, the KSH report continued.
Room occupancy in hotels increased by 1.6 percentage points on average in January-June, to 50.6%. Commercial accommodation facilities increased revenues at current rates by a total of 6.6% to a gross HUF 168.5 billion in the first half.
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