The number of nights spent by international tourists grew by 1.6% to 990,000 in November 2018, compared to the same period of the previous year. The nights spent by domestic tourists grew by 5.9% to 993,000 as Hungarians used a four-day weekend for the All Saints’ Day holiday for recreation.
Compared to the same period in 2017, the number of international tourist arrivals rose by 4.8% to nearly 420,000. The number of spent nights rose in boarding houses, community hostels and camping sites, while it stagnated in hotels and decreased in bungalows. More than two-thirds of nights were spent by foreign tourists in the Budapest-Central Danube Region, 2.5% more than in the same month in 2017.
The number of domestic tourist arrivals grew by 8.2% and exceeded 460,000. The amount of nights spent rose in all types of accommodations except community hostels. In hotels, the rate of expansion was 4.5%, realizing approximately eight-tenths of domestic tourism nights. With the exception of Lake Tisza Region, domestic guests spent more nights in each region. An expansion rate of 20% was observe in Central Transdanubia.
Total gross revenues grew by 7.1% to HUF 37 billion at current prices in commercial accommodation establishments. In January-November 2018, commercial accommodation establishments saw 4% growth in tourism nights and a 9.5% rise in gross revenues compared to the same period of 2017.
At hotels, the average occupancy rate stood at 58.2%, up one percentage point from the same month a year earlier. Total revenue per available room (TREVPAR) at hotels climbed 6.1% to HUF 20,586, ksh.hu said.
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