Tourism Night Spent in Hungary up in May

Some 70% of tourism nights were at commercial accommodation establishments, where turnover was 9.4% higher than a year earlier. Private and other accommodation establishments registered 22% more tourism nights than a year earlier.

The number of domestic tourist arrivals increased by 10% and that of domestic tourism nights by 5.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. Tourist arrivals numbered 822,000 and the tourism nights spent 1.7 million at tourist accommodation establishments, within which commercial accommodation establishments registered 583 thousand tourist arrivals and 1.2 million tourism nights. About 69% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 7.3% higher than a year earlier.

The number of domestic tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments was up by 9.4% compared to May 2023. The number of tourism nights spent by domestic guests increased the most in the Sopron tourism area2 (by 13%) and decreased the most in the Tokaj and Nyíregyháza regions (by 9.4%) compared to the same period last year. The number of nights spent by domestic guests in tourist accommodation increased by 19% in Budapest and by 5.8% at Lake Balaton.

The number of international arrivals increased by 29% and international tourism nights by 21% compared to the same month last year. The 789,000 guests at tourist accommodation establishments spent around 2 million tourism nights there, of which commercial accommodation establishments registered 559 thousand guests and nearly 1.4 million tourism nights, respectively. Some 80% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 18% higher than a year earlier.

The number of international tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments grew by 36% compared to May 2023. The number of international tourism nights increased most in the Gyula region (by 84%), and decreased most (by 16%) in the Pécs region compared to the same period last year. The number of international tourism nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments increased by 29% at Lake Balaton and by 21% in Budapest.

A total of 27,067 tourist accommodation establishments, within which 2,708 commercial and 24,359 private or other accommodation establishments welcomed guests. Of commercial accommodation establishments, 979 hotels and 1,114 boarding houses were open for part or all of May.

The total gross sales revenues of tourist accommodation establishments amounted to nearly HUF 88 billion, which was 20% higher at current prices than a year earlier.

Széchenyi Recreation Card was used by cardholders to spend HUF 3.3 billion, 15% less at current prices, at tourist accommodation establishments compared to the same month of the previous year.

Tourism in Hungary Strong in Jan-May 2024

Between January and May 2024, tourist accommodation establishments registered a total of around 13.7 million tourism nights, up 9.1% compared to the same period of 2023.

Domestic guests and international guests spent 4.9% and 13% more tourism nights respectively (6.4 million and 7.3 million) in tourist accommodation establishments.