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Nearly 2.8 million guests spent 7.3 million tourism nights at commercial, private and other accommodation establishments in August. Based on seasonally adjusted data, arrivals expanded by 7.9% and nights by 4.6% from the same month a year earlier.
Commercial accommodation providers received 65% of all guests, with arrivals at such establishments increasing 5.3%, while private and other accommodations logged a 4.8% rise.
Domestic tourism showed mixed results. The number of domestic arrivals rose 1% in August, but tourism nights were down 1% compared with a year earlier. Seasonally adjusted data show a 0.3% increase in arrivals and a 2.6% drop in nights.
Almost 1.5 million domestic guests spent 3.9 million nights at accommodation establishments. Within this, commercial providers registered 946,000 arrivals and 2.4 million nights, with hotels taking in 63% of the arrivals, up 4% year-on-year. Arrivals at private and other accommodations fell 2%.
Regional differences were visible: the number of domestic arrivals increased the most in the Győr and Pannonhalma tourism area (up 6.5%) but declined the most in Tokaj and Nyíregyháza (down 6%). Arrivals to Budapest rose 18%, while those to Lake Balaton edged down 2.2%.
International tourism provided strong support, with arrivals up 10% and tourism nights increasing 8.4% year-on-year. Seasonally adjusted data show growth of 12% and 10%, respectively.
Some 1.3 million foreign guests spent nearly 3.4 million nights in Hungary in August. Of these, commercial accommodation establishments received 865,000 arrivals and 2.1 million nights. Hotels accounted for 71% of these arrivals, up 7% from a year earlier. Arrivals at private and other accommodations climbed 14 percent.
Foreign arrivals rose in all tourism regions compared with August 2024, led by Greater Budapest (up 22%) and Szeged (up 19%). Budapest saw arrivals up 8.5%, and Lake Balaton up 12%.
Tourist accommodation establishments generated gross sales revenue of HUF 160.9 billion in August, 14% more at current prices than a year earlier.
Guests spent HUF 7.6 billion with Széchenyi Recreation Cards, a 3.5% increase year-on-year, according to KSH.
Altogether, 38,583 accommodation establishments, including 3,009 commercial providers and 35,574 private or other accommodations, welcomed guests in August. Of the commercial establishments, 1,022 hotels and 1,178 boarding houses were open for all or part of the month.
In the first eight months of 2025, tourist arrivals totaled nearly 13.5 million, up 6.2% year-on-year.
Domestic arrivals rose 1.9% to 6.8 million, while international arrivals jumped 11% to 6.6 million.
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