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Hungarian Tourism Agency hails record visitor numbers
Up to the middle of the summer season, over 8.8 million guests spent a total of 21.3 million nights at accommodations across the country.
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MTÜ: Tourism figures show that 2024 could become a “record year”
Accommodations have generated nearly 160 billion forints (EUR 411.2m) in revenue, up by 17% compared with the same period last year.
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Hungary’s tourism sector receives five awards from China
China’s National Geographic Traveller has recognized Hungary as a “gold-tier” Quality Destination, while the Chinese edition of The Voyage Magazine has chosen Hungary as the New Emerging Destination of the...
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MTU: Record year for Hungary's tourism in 2023
Zoltán Guller told a press conference that some 16 million tourists spent 41 million guest nights in Hungary last year.
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Hungary’s summer tourism season breaks pre-pandemic record
More than 6.2 million visitors were accommodated in June-August, up 6% from the summer of 2019, with more than 17 million guest nights spent (up 3%).
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MTU: 340,000 guest nights booked for World Athletics Championships
More than 70% of the bookings were made by foreigners, mainly from Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom, but also from Italy, Spain as well as Argentina, Australia, the United States, India, Canada and China.
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Hungary’s Economic Competition Office urges probe into Booking.com payments fiasco
GVH head Balázs Csaba Rigó said preparations were being made for the probe, and the actual investigation could start before the end of August.
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Survey: Half of tourist accommodations in Hungary affected by Booking.com payments
The Hungarian Tourism Agency has found that around half of tourist accommodations in Hungary have been affected by problems with Booking.com’s payment platform.
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Foreign visitors expected to boost Hungary’s tourism sector this year
Péter Horváth said guest nights grew by 4% to 12.2 million in January-May, supported by foreign visitors.
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Hungarian pavilion at World Expo attracts over 400,000 visitors
The pavilion, dubbed Aqua Roots of Hungary, showcases water, a resource in which Hungary is rich. It is the largest wooden structure in the entire Persian Gulf region.
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Guller: Hungary’s tourism sector performed well in 2021
The number of guest nights spent at commercial accommodations came close to 29 million in 2021, up 24 percent from last year.
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Guller: International tourism is slowly returning to Hungary
The summer season started with all freedoms restored in Hungary, giving the country at least a month to weeks’ head start over the rest of Europe.
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Tourism Chief: Sector needs a new strategy after a “tragic” year
Hungary’s tourism sector needs a new strategy after a “tragic” year in which aid from the Hungarian government was the only lifeline it could count on.