Tourism Nights Spent in Hungary up Significantly in December
In December 2023, the number of tourist arrivals was up by 16%, while that of tourism nights by 13% in total at tourist accommodation establishments in Hungary, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports.
Some 73% of tourism nights were at commercial accommodation establishments, where turnover was 11% higher than a year earlier. Private and other accommodation establishments registered 19% more tourism nights than a year earlier.
The number of domestic tourist arrivals increased by 11% and that of domestic tourism nights by 8.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. Tourist arrivals numbered 534 thousand and the tourism nights spent 1.2 million at tourist accommodation establishments, within which commercial accommodation establishments registered 417,000 tourist arrivals and 919,000 tourism nights.
Some 80% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 14% higher than a year earlier. The number of domestic tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments was up by 7% compared to December 2022.
The two most popular tourism regions, Lake Balaton and the Eger tourism region, registered 20% and 12%, respectively, of domestic tourism nights, while Budapest's share was 16%.
The number of international tourist arrivals rose by 22% and that of international tourism nights by 17% compared to the same month of the previous year. The 579,000 guests having arrived at tourist accommodation establishments spent 1.5 million tourism nights there, of which commercial accommodation establishments registered 426,000 guests and 1 million tourism nights, respectively.
About 85% of the latter were spent at hotels, where the number of tourism nights was 14% higher than a year earlier. The number of international tourism nights spent at private or other accommodation establishments grew by 28% compared to December 2022.
Tourist accommodation establishments in Budapest accounted for 76% of all tourism nights spent by foreign visitors, while the most popular tourist areas were Lake Balaton, Debrecen and surroundings and Bük and Sárvár, with 3.2%, 3.1% and 3% respectively.
A total of 19,380 tourist accommodation establishments were open during the month, within which 2,125 commercial and 17,255 private or other accommodation establishments welcomed guests.
Of commercial accommodation establishments, 893 hotels and 925 boarding houses were open for part or all of December.
The total gross sales revenues of commercial accommodation establishments amounted to HUF 50.5 billion, which was 15% higher at current prices than a year earlier.
Széchenyi Recreation Card was used by cardholders to spend HUF 2.4 billion, 17% more at current prices, at commercial accommodation establishments compared to the same month of the previous year.
Tourism Nights up 2.5% in 2023
In 2023 as a whole, tourist accommodation establishments registered 2.5% more, nearly 41 million tourism nights compared to 2022.
Domestic guests spent 5.1% less and foreign ones 12% more (respectively 21.4 million and 19.5 million) tourism nights at tourist accommodation establishments.
Households Make Net Deposits of HUF 97 bln at Banks in March
Gov't Acknowledges Drop in Motor Fuel Prices
SUPPORT THE BUDAPEST BUSINESS JOURNAL
Producing journalism that is worthy of the name is a costly business. For 27 years, the publishers, editors and reporters of the Budapest Business Journal have striven to bring you business news that works, information that you can trust, that is factual, accurate and presented without fear or favor.
Newspaper organizations across the globe have struggled to find a business model that allows them to continue to excel, without compromising their ability to perform. Most recently, some have experimented with the idea of involving their most important stakeholders, their readers.
We would like to offer that same opportunity to our readers. We would like to invite you to help us deliver the quality business journalism you require. Hit our Support the BBJ button and you can choose the how much and how often you send us your contributions.
